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Is N.Korea Planning 2 Nuke Tests? (two tunnels ready)
Chosun Ilbo ^ | 2013/02/04

Posted on 02/03/2013 6:34:36 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster

Is N.Korea Planning 2 Nuke Tests?

North Korea has virtually finished preparations for nuclear tests in two tunnels at the Punggye-ri nuclear test site in North Hamgyong Province, observers believe.

A South Korean government source said analysis of satellite images showed brisk activity of support vehicles and personnel at a tunnel on the southern side of the test site, and on Saturday the area was cleaned and personnel left.

Intelligence agencies suspect that this means a nuclear test is imminent. Preparations at a tunnel on the western side of the site were apparently completed earlier.

The government here is now watching for the possibility of two separate nuclear tests either simultaneously or in quick succession.

"There is a chance that the southern tunnel is a decoy, but we aren't ruling out that the regime will conduct nuclear tests simultaneously at both tunnels," a military source said.

The source said it might help North Korea to produce smaller nuclear warheads that could be mounted on missiles if it tests a couple of different devices at the same time.

In 1998, Pakistan conducted eight nuclear tests over two days, which allowed it to accelerate the miniaturization of nuclear weapons. l


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: korea; nkorea; northkorea; nuclear; nucleartest; nuke; nukes

1 posted on 02/03/2013 6:34:46 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster
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To: TigerLikesRooster; AmericanInTokyo; Steel Wolf; nuconvert; MizSterious; nw_arizona_granny; ...

P!


2 posted on 02/03/2013 6:36:13 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster (The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Bump


3 posted on 02/03/2013 6:38:59 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
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To: TigerLikesRooster

A perfect time to unveil our new Secretary of State.

Duhh...


4 posted on 02/03/2013 6:40:24 PM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (In the game of life, there are no betting limits)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Both previous tests were on a Sunday night (Eastern time, Monday in Korea) and the last one was at midnight, so I have a feeling it will be tonight.


5 posted on 02/03/2013 6:41:40 PM PST by Strategerist
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Hey, why bother with the tunnel? Go atmospheric! Be proud!

They didn’t sign the ban so why not?


6 posted on 02/03/2013 6:43:09 PM PST by SargeK
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To: TigerLikesRooster

It is good Obama brought peace to the world. /SARCASM


7 posted on 02/03/2013 6:45:57 PM PST by bmwcyle (People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

I’m wondering how many of its labour camp residents are in these tunnels, when these nukes are tested?


8 posted on 02/03/2013 6:49:36 PM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults.)
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To: Strategerist
One of the opinions circulating in Seoul is that they might do it on Super Bowl Day to ruin festive spirit in U.S. Maybe doing it during the half-time show?
9 posted on 02/03/2013 6:57:19 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster (The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

It’s long past halftime and they haven’t tested yet


10 posted on 02/03/2013 7:10:28 PM PST by Strategerist
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To: TigerLikesRooster

As soon as we send them another shipment of Ammonium Nitrate to fake this one with.


11 posted on 02/03/2013 7:11:51 PM PST by Husker24
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To: TigerLikesRooster
well they did have a power outage...
12 posted on 02/03/2013 7:26:47 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: TigerLikesRooster
In 1998, Pakistan conducted eight nuclear tests over two days, which allowed it to accelerate the miniaturization of nuclear weapons.

No. Pakistan claimed to have tested 8 but the seismic activity did not register 8. Pakistan claimed that was because they tested some at the same time. B.S.

13 posted on 02/03/2013 7:57:09 PM PST by BBell (And Now for Something Completely Different)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

It’s way past time for the free world to tell China to put a stop to this cr@p.


14 posted on 02/03/2013 10:57:01 PM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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