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North Korea Air Sample Shows Radiation
Apocalypse111 writes, "According to CNN.com, air samples taken over North Korea have not yet shown any radiation from the event on Monday that North Korea claims was a nuclear test. This is not definitive proof that the event was non-nuclear, as it may either have been so small and deep that it did not let any radioactive debris escape, or perhaps the North Koreans sealed the site." Furthering speculation over whether North Korea has actually exploded a nuclear device, vk38 writes to point out a (free) article in today's Wall Street Journal claiming that the blast could have been
set off by exploding fertilizer (ammonium nitrate). The article points to the
Texas City disaster of 1947, in which 7,700 tons of ammonium nitrate exploded in the hold of a ship with the estimated power of 2 to 4 kilotons of TNT.
Update: 10/14 08:03 GMT by Z : The story at CNN has been updated: "A preliminary analysis of air samples from North Korea shows 'radioactive debris consistent with a North Korea nuclear test,' according to a statement from the office of the top U.S. intelligence official."
Update: 10/14 08:03 GMT by Z : The story at CNN has been updated: "A preliminary analysis of air samples from North Korea shows 'radioactive debris consistent with a North Korea nuclear test,' according to a statement from the office of the top U.S. intelligence official."
OMG, they perfected Cold Fusion!
Maybe all the North Koreans jumped up and down at the same time.
Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to conviction
I think it's funny that this article is under the Hardware section. Maybe we could get Tom's Hardware to produce a 25-page full benchmark test of this nuclear explosion v. competing nuclear tests, and then we'll really get to the bottom of this.
I agree. The guy lies so much that it is impossible to tell whats going on. Though I do hope he bursts in to flames tonight for no reason.
Yeah, I hear they blasted AC/DC's TNT in such a high volume inside that cave it made the whole place tremble.
I have nukes!
No you don't
Boom!
That wasn't a nuke!
Boom!
Sorry, just don't believe you!
Boom!
No no.. never. That was just gas.
errrr.
Oh.. you used all your material and you are out now?
(reminds me of puss and boots with the mouse).
She was like chocolate when she drank... semi-sweet at first and then increasingly bitter.
Maybe just his pants will.
With the amount of crap that comes out of Kim's mouth? Not hard to imagine.
In between bouts of decrying "Sooo Wone-wy", Kim was quoted as saying that news of the faked nuke test was "Inebbidable!"
Now Kim Jong-il is spreading FUD...
Most linux users don't know this, but the man pages were named after Chuck Norris. Chuck Norris fsck'ing hates noobs!
Are we justified sanctioning and otherwise punishing it, even if it lied?
Well, consider this: if someone comes to you and says "hey, I just crapped in your locker" without laughing, what do you do? either you punch him in the face rightaway for having crapped in your locker, or you don't believe him, look inside your locker, discover no turd, then turn around and punch him in the face for being a stupid asshole. Either way, you punch him in the face.
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
"what do you do? either you punch him in the face rightaway for having crapped in your locker, or you don't believe him..."
Why, I bomb the locker for a few weeks and then send in 150,000 troops. What else could I possible DO in a situation like this???
Where were you when the voynix came?
Damn that Bush -- another false claim of WMD.
Just because NKorea is also falsely claiming they're real, doesn't mean that Bush can slander them by agreeing.
Reminds me of the line from "Shawshank Redemption" where the wardon is commenting about the prisoner's escape and says, "So, he up and vanished like a fart in the wind." :-)
Now wait just a minute there! I'm darn well prepared to shed a little blood if it assures my access to quality kim chee at reasonable prices, and I don't think I'm alone in that sentiment!
Smell that? You smell that? Burning karma, son. Nothing in the world smells like that...
Sony recently confirmed its disposal of the previously mentioned exploding batteries by means of burying them in a landfill of North Korea. The landfill was stuffed to capacity and sealed off early last week. Sony reports it intends to bury the remaining defective units somewhere in Iran.
This falls under the time - honored Texas tradition of "He needed Punchin'."
Why, I bomb the locker for a few weeks and then send in 150,000 troops to the locker next to it. What else could I possible DO in a situation like this???"
Fixed it.
The Kruger Dunning explains most post on
They've developed a method for predicting earthquakes and made up the story about the nuclear explosions so they can keep their technology secret a little longer. It's all a big cover up.
This is all about payola. The western powers and china don't want the North Koreans selling weapons grade nuclear fuel on the open market. The size of the explosion is irrelevent.
It's simply a statement in poker game. You didn't believe we could do it... Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah. Now pay up!
The truth is that if North Korea fuel actually was used in a terrorist attack on the US, north korea would be blown off the map and there would be raidiaon fallout in asia for at least 20 to 40 years and to a lesser extent all over the rest of the world.
China already knows the score, they will be notified of any immmenent attack and given the option of taking North Korea out themselves when the time comes in exchange for something like a hundred billion dollars. Of course south korea would be devestated and that's why we don't just do it now.
Disclaimer: IANSPTRR(I am not someone prone to random rantings)
Politicians and Pedophiles: Two groups of exploitive bastards who are most dangerous when they're thinking of children.