North Korea: Two signs of explosions, on the night of 09/08, and the early morning of 09/09
A government source disclosed on Sept. 12 that two seismic activities were detected on the night of Sept. 8 and the early morning of Sept. 9, from the explosion at Kim Hyong-jik County, Yanggang Province, N. Korea.
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I am hoping the same thing.
I heard there were two separate explosions also tonight
I'm just wondering if it was the missile base that blew up, was this area desert? What would make a 2 mi wide mushroom cloud?
"North Korea: Two signs of explosions, on the night of 09/08, and the early morning of 09/09"
As JP noted, what little we may know about the series of events indicates two separate explosions hours apart. That could be explained by an explosion at a possible missile facility (some reports indicate it was actually several km away from that specific site), a subsequent fire, then another explosion.
However, two separate incidents do not make it more likely that it was accidental. It makes it less likely (even though it can still be logically explained by the initial blast, fire, and subsequent blast). Also, we do not have enough details to determine whether the available evidence (if it is reliable) fits this scenario. There are discrepancies.
We may know more soon. This was not an isolated incident but should be seen in the context of escalatory moves by both North Korea and Iran, whose missile and nuclear programs are cooperative and interrelated. An accident could be related to heightened activity and operations at the site. An attack by one of several external powers (working jointly or separately) could be related to heightened activity. And a test, not of a nuclear device, but the ICBM capable of hitting all areas of the continental US (TD-3), could actually have been/be the reason behind the heightened activity.
I am leaving my mind open at this point as to not only the type of event (accident from increased North Korean operating tempo, preemptive attack by one of several nations who perceive an imminent threat from these missiles (ND2 and TD1, TD2, and TD3) - - and there are at least seven nations who each have very specific reasons to feel threatened by these missiles, or a test of some sort), but separate from the type, I am also keeping my mind open to the nature of the event (missile or nuclear).