North Korea nuclear test warning

Independent Television News (UK) ^

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North Korea may be about to carry out another nuclear test, the British ambassador in Pyongyang has said.

North Korea carried out a nuclear test in May - a move that experts said put it closer to having a working nuclear bomb.

"We cannot rule out that a further nuclear test will take place," said Peter Hughes, the British ambassador to North Korea.

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July 4th?

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ping

[jhpigott]

whoa, take a look at your PMs

not sure if it’s related or not, but a high level Chinese envoy just left yesterday to head to US, Japan, Russia and S. Korea.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Probably not, they will launch their ICBM's first. Personally, I suspect they do another test after this summer.

If they do all ICBM launch and nuclear test so soon, they end up running out of leverages to play with, at least temporarily.

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It dosn’t look like they are planning an ICBM test any time soon (as in the next couple of weeks) but an underground nuclear test could happen at any time without them giving away much on the surface that would be spotted in the prelude to a test. Couple that with the reports recently like this one from the AP : “US officials have said the North Koreans also appear to be making preparations for a third nuclear test.” from June 17th (http://news.google.ie/news/url?sa=t&ct2=en_ie%2F0_0_s_4_0_t&usg=AFQjCNEmkC-O1EtJynFK6jkqG5Pdl_ZhAA&cid=1262046743&ei=MApOSsivEtrajQfJvurJAw&rt=SEARCH&vm=STANDARD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fhostednews%2Fap%2Farticle%2FALeqM5h5wkP_0DAuoLiREn90AZAwEyebqQD98SJDU80)

I think there’s half a chance there will be an earthquake in North Korea over the weekend...

[TigerLikesRooster]

Technically, yes, but in terms of political move, doing it now would be unwise. Besides, they need to improve their model based on finding from last test.

[NonValueAdded]

To quote that ditzy lady at the ball in the movie The Patriot, "oh, lovely; fireworks!"