Story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3655613.stm
Posted on 10/09/2006 7:52:09 PM PDT by blogblogginaway
GERTZ: U.S. doubts Korean test was nuclear; Readings fall short of atomic explosion... MORE...
U.S. intelligence agencies say, based on preliminary indications, that North Korea did not produce its first nuclear blast yesterday, WASHINGTON TIMES star reporter Bill Gertz is set to report in Tuesday editions.
U.S. officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said that seismic readings show that the conventional high explosives used to create a chain reaction in a plutonium-based device went off, but that the blast's readings were shy of a typical nuclear detonation.
'There was a seismic event that registered about 4 on the Richter scale, but it still isn't clear if it was a nuclear test. You can get that kind of seismic reading from high explosives.'
The underground explosion, which Pyongyang dubbed a historic nuclear test, is thought to have been the equivalent of several hundred tons of TNT, far short of the several thousand tons of TNT, or kilotons, that are signs of a nuclear blast, the official said. Developing...
ruh-roh
oh this is gonna get GOOD!
Foiled by Team America?
Nuclear is a typo. It's unclear, like so many things in NK.
Would this mean Bush's policy on NK wasn't a "shocking failure" as Kerry etal claimed today?
This makes absolutely no sense whatsoever - if simply the high explosive trigger goes off, you do NOT get an M 4 range earthquake.
I have very limited confidence in Gertz's sources or competence.
How does the theme song go? "F**K Yeah!"
Kim Jong Il is just ronery and sad that his missile didn't work, so he wanted to light off a nuclear bomb. Now it looks like his bomb didn't work either and he's still so ronery.
Me too, the guy was never right about any of his analysis, he is as bad and the liberal pundits, wrong all the time. However let us wait and see.
This could indicate no "shocking failure" of Bush's policy, but instead a deep quagmire inside Kerry's brain cells.
Lil'Kim screwed up....
That train explosion in Ryonchon in '04 measured 3.6.
I thought that it was just the female that"Faked"an orgasm?
WOnder if Lil Kim's scientist just told him they had set off "the bomb" to save their own lives.
I say we bomb 'em anyway, just because we can.....
They better be leaving town real quick if they did or if they tried and failed.
Gulag with their name on it awaits.
AM- Can you move this thread to Breaking and lock mine that is on top of breaking now or delete it. this one was first and I didn't see it.
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