BREAKING - South Korean newspapers report North Korean nuclear test

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/021018/168/2gup3.html ^ | 10/18/02 | AP

[Diogenesis]

BREAKING - South Koreans this morning are reading in their newspapers that North Korea
undertook a nuclear test in the last three months.
Is this the reason for the admission of breaking the Agreement yesterday?

[Fred Mertz]

Clinton gave them a few nuclear reactors back in 1994 or so.

You figure it out.

[green team 1999]

same plant,the small square structure at center is the reactor

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

You can't set off a nuc without rattling the sismographs some where!

[MHGinTN]

I seem to recall a brief news blurb from the clinton era that posed the question 'Was the erquake in East asia a secret nuclear test?' ... the Chinese tested the friend's weapon, folks.

[Cold Heat]

Is this the reason for the admission of breaking the Agreement yesterday?

More than likely they were informed that the news was going to break. The admin has been keeping this under their hat. It would have interfered with the Iraq showdown debate.(I'm sure they believed at the time it was important to focus like a razor on Saddam)

They probably should have announced it at the time. IMHO

[b4its2late]

With the Red Chinese as allies, no doubt they'll be able to deliver them over long distances too. Maybe they can already.

[Shermy]

North Korea Pact Was Always in Trouble

[LBGA]

The UN tells us we are to feel sorry for all the Iraqis who are starving, and yet we know that Saddam spends fortunes on weapons not to defend but to assault. Mugabe in Somalia doesn't care that his program to drive out all white farmers causes famine because his murderous thugs don't know how to farm.

Everywhere communism takes over, the very few well-connected and ruthless swine do well, and they don't care what happens to their countrymen.

[MJY1288]

We should announce our latest missile named "NotLong B4 Kim Jong Il WillbeGone"

[Almondjoy]

Actually if you want to put blame the accord for building the light water reactors was reached in 1994 in which we well long knew they a program going.. if you want to pass blame let's put it on Regean and Bush Sr. who left Clinton to deal with the mess they left behind . Oh that's right blame is unimportant since their is a history behind everything.....

[Republic]

Interesting photo.

Did we really provide N Korea with the materials necessary to build nukes? Under the provisions of a , er, PROMISE (treaty, whatever) divised by billy C and jimmy C and then FAILED to verify that N Korea was abiding by this treaty? I just learned this on the dose....I am so mad at bill C I could SPIT NAILS! (I sure as hell hope there are not other nations we provided such materials too...I mean I KNOW the clinton's gave China MIRV tech in exchange for campaign cash via bernie schwartz....

The more I consider it, the angrier I grow towards bill c and I did not think that was possible.

The entire WORLD is going to pay for his lack of ability to provide decent foreign policy and his horrendous flaunting of the need for our own system of national security. His is beyond description. He does not DESERVE a library. He should be stripped of his citizenship along with his suspended law license (pathetic!)

[Cold Heat]

I heard that they only just started construction on the first reactor a couple months ago. We have been giving the food and oil since 94. Something like 500 million bucks worth. I am not sure if that is yearly.

[Reactionary]

I believe that the North Koreans can already hit cities on the west coast of America, even as far as Chicago.

From http://cns.miis.edu/research/korea/taep2.htm

"On 16 June 1999, Japanese news media reported that North Korea is planning to test a Taep’o-dong-2 ballistic missile with a potential range of 4,000-6,000km. The Kyodo News Agency, quoting Japanese defense officials, said that a North Korean ballistic missile test was expected within a month or two.(1) Reports of an impending Taep’o-dong-2 test were corroborated by news reports in the US media which alleged that US intelligence has uncovered evidence that North Korea might be planning the launch of a Taep’o-dong-2 or a second test of the Taep’o-dong-1 later in the summer.(2)"

[Diogenesis]

Thanks. This one may be clearer.

========= the Yongbyon nuclear plant =========

[Republic]

SO 1994 was the DATE that the N Koreans attained water reactors? Did jimmy C and billy c really work out some treaty with N Korea-an exchange of us giving them nuclear parts and info to build reactors in exchange for them NOT using the items to build NUCLEAR WEAPONS? True or not?

[John Lenin]

Klinton and Karter need to be hung up by their ankles, I'm pissed !

[Jason Kauppinen]

Huh?

[Billthedrill]

Naw, max range is about 3500 nm. It'd reach Alaska, though.

[swarthyguy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/771291/posts

Pakistan, Saudi?

[Lady In Blue]

What are some of the things CNBC is saying? Are they talking about Clinton and Carter?