[TigerLikesRooster]

From Chosun Ilbo (and another source)

The red marking on the left is the suspected blast site. The river passing by is Wol-tan(or Hu-chang?) River. The red 'x' mark on the right is the construction site for a hydro-dam which started in last May. It is on Un-chong River.

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In the following picture, the grey area on the upper right corner is China. The light brown area is N. Korea. The river between the two is Yalu River. A tributary coming from the bottom center and turning into the upper right direction is Huchang River. The suspected blast site is Wol-tan-ri. Across the blast site is the town of Huchang. They are part of Kim Hyong-jik County. On the right of Wol-tan-ri is Mt. Jajak(998m above sea level.) On its left across the river, some distance away, is Mt. Wol-tan(937m above sea level.) At the bottom of the picture, near the end of the river is Young-jo-ri, where markings shows the underground missile base. 10 lauch tunnels for Rodong I missiles (range: 1300km) are known to be deployed. Its construction started in '94.

Wol-tan-ri is 900m above sea level. The annual precipitation is about 700mm(28inches), which is way below the N. Korean average of 1,000mm(40inches.) Huchang River is 3-4m wide. In another source I encountered, it is 5-10m wide and 50-60cm deep (20-24 inches deep.) Anyhow, it does not have enough water flow to justify the construction of hydro-dam.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Ping!

[Old Sarge]

I still think the idea of a meteor is kinda neat. Freaky, but neat.

[gilliam]

Remember, there was a report of 2 explosions that day. This is probably the 2nd explosion.

[Boundless]

> North Korea said Britain's ambassador could
> visit the site to see forhimself.

Don't forget your radiation badge, dude.

[ArmyBratproud]

Nuke explosion? I am thinking no.

But, as with all other engineered products.....it would be tested at various phases.

Could be that they were testing another part of an explosive. Testing for info for future (near future?) development.

[SittinYonder]

North Korea explosion - blasting for hydro-electric dam. I knew there would be a reasonable explanation. The North Koreans, of all people, wouldn't do anything crazy!

[AmericanInTokyo]

You can see that the graphic artists have been working overtime. Bet they did not have much of a Sunday this past weekend. Good work. I know the DPRK will have some Potemkin Village scheme in line for the Brits to see when they go up there. Interesting. I think our sat photography will pretty much dispel anything the Northies explain.

[nuconvert]

They will allow a visit to 1 explosion site.(there were reports of 2) And no vists to subsequent explosion sites in the future.

[MTOrlando]

Time for Bubba's Crackpot Theory:

Russian intelligence located a terrorist base in that mountain; the Red Army managed to find one of their cold-war era nukes that was still in working order...