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North Korea’s Nuclear Test Site Has Collapsed ... And That May Be Why Kim Suspended Tests
South China Morning Post ^ | 04/25/18 | Stephen Chen

Posted on 04/25/2018 7:55:50 PM PDT by Enlightened1

The mountain’s collapse after a fifth blast last fall has led to the creation of a massive ‘chimney’ that could leak radioactive fallout into the air, researchers have found

North Korea’s mountain nuclear test site has collapsed, putting China and other nearby nations at unprecedented risk of radioactive exposure, two separate groups of Chinese scientists studying the issue have confirmed.

The collapse after five nuclear blasts may be why North Korean leader Kim Jong-un declared on Friday that he would freeze the hermit state’s nuclear and missile tests and shut down the site, one researcher said.

The last five of Pyongyang’s six nuclear tests have all been carried out under Mount Mantap at the Punggye-ri nuclear test site in North Korea’s northwest. North Korea suspends nuclear and missile tests

One group of researchers found that the most recent blast tore open a hole in the mountain, which then collapsed upon itself. A second group concluded that the breakdown created a “chimney” that could allow radioactive fallout from the blast zone below to rise into the air.

(Excerpt) Read more at scmp.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: collapsed; northkorea; nuclear; site
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1 posted on 04/25/2018 7:55:50 PM PDT by Enlightened1
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Wondered how that happened? Must of been an accident?.....(maybe?)


2 posted on 04/25/2018 7:56:54 PM PDT by Enlightened1
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All of the northern hemisphere is downwind...eventually.


3 posted on 04/25/2018 7:57:56 PM PDT by lightman (ANTIFA is full of Bolshevik.)
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North Korea’s Nuclear Test Site Has Collapsed ... And That May Be Why Trump Called Kim's Bluff!

Makes just as much sense if you put that way.

4 posted on 04/25/2018 8:01:10 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: Enlightened1

“.... and everyone lived happily ever after”


5 posted on 04/25/2018 8:03:49 PM PDT by jcon40 (The other post before yours really nails it for me. I have been a DOithS / PC guy forever and alway)
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To: Enlightened1

The X-37 goes up. The X-37 comes down.


6 posted on 04/25/2018 8:09:14 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: Enlightened1

I guess fat boy wants us to pay for the clean up.


7 posted on 04/25/2018 8:12:29 PM PDT by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them)
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To: Enlightened1

There are large craters all over the Nevada Test Site where they set off shots.

A helicopter flies around the area until it collapses with monitoring equipment.


8 posted on 04/25/2018 8:15:51 PM PDT by Clay Moore (MAGA)
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To: Enlightened1

The Far side cartoon “Let’s face it, we’re not rocket scientists” come to mind.


9 posted on 04/25/2018 8:26:49 PM PDT by Huskrrrr
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A suitcase nuke is the only thing that would collapse a mountain. And the blast is plausably deniable since the mountain tested nukes.

Winning.


10 posted on 04/25/2018 8:47:39 PM PDT by TheNext
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To: Enlightened1

Trump effect.


11 posted on 04/25/2018 8:55:18 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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Slumping (evidence of blast chamber collapse) on the upper surface of Mt Mantap was observed couple of months ago.

38 North monitors the site and publishes analyses.

Their website provides good "before vs after" satellite views of the test sites, as well as various support, command, and security areas.

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At present, their conclusions are -- "inconclusive" as to whether the site is being shut down...

12 posted on 04/25/2018 8:55:37 PM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias; "0bama": Allah's stooge; "Moderate Muslims": Allah's useful idiots.)
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Yes it was a very well “planned accident” with as the song says with a little help from our friends

Take it to the bank


13 posted on 04/25/2018 8:58:11 PM PDT by 100American (Knowledge is knowing how, Wisdom is knowing when)
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To: Clay Moore
A helicopter flies around the area until it collapses with monitoring equipment.

Why not just put less monitoring equipment in the helicopter?

14 posted on 04/25/2018 9:00:50 PM PDT by publius911 (Declaration: MSM, I am so over watching or listening to bald perverts, thugs and sluts)
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To: Clay Moore

People used to go to Las Vegas and rent top floor rooms just to watch the detonations.

I bet it went something like, “Oh quick look honey the mushroom cloud, get the camera!”.


15 posted on 04/25/2018 9:03:14 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: TheNext

There’s no such thing as a suitcase nuke. That’s all crap
And yes I’m a Chen E and nuclear physics dude
Don’t buy into nonsense


16 posted on 04/25/2018 9:04:46 PM PDT by Truthoverpower (The guvmint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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To: Enlightened1

Might the weapon used on 9/11 have been carefully applied to stop NK nuclear development? If so, Iran might be next.


17 posted on 04/25/2018 9:05:05 PM PDT by MHGinTN (A dispensational perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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18 posted on 04/25/2018 9:06:20 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Enlightened1

Has anybody found this in Google Maps? I found some images which matched other depictions of the “Mount Mantap” site, but nothing like this. Google Maps gives you what seems to be a pretty free view of the area.


19 posted on 04/25/2018 9:59:44 PM PDT by dr_lew
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To: Enlightened1

HAARP


20 posted on 04/25/2018 10:01:59 PM PDT by BBell (calm down and eat your sandwiches)
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