Posted on 11/17/2010 7:55:59 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld
Japan’s Sankei Shimbun reported Wednesday that North Korea may be making preparations for a possible third nuclear test. The newspaper published satellite imagery from the North’s Punggye-ri nuclear site, which it alleged showed work toward the test in progress.
The daily quoted an expert as saying, “Based on what’s been shown in the photos, it is clear that North Korea is preparing for a new experiment. Chances are high that something will happen in the next six months.”
The report followed comments by Siegfried Hecker, a former director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Charles Jack Pritchard, a former U.S. special envoy to North Korea, who visited Pyongyang earlier this month and said the regime appeared to be building a new experimental light-water reactor.
They added that the reactor, expected to produce 25 to 30 megawatts of electricity, will be finished by 2012.
“The concrete was poured, and power lines were erected, indicating the construction was in its early stages,” said Pritchard.
Keeping a wary watch, the South Korean government only said it would like to verify the news report.
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I don't believe that Israel will attack until it is known the world over that Iran has the BOMB. I base this upon the fact that President Bush used the pretense that Iraqi was developing weapons of mass destruction for going into Iraqi, and President Bush was vilified because no hard evidence was presented. If Israel were to attack without hard evidence (an underground nuclear test of an Iranian design would be proof) Israel would likewise be vilified. Additionally, Israel may use tactical atomic weapons in the attack and without real proof of Iran having the BOMB, Israel lose all world support for their existence.
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