Reports from South Korea suggest that North Korea has conducted its first Nuclear test.

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Thank goodness they haven't been able to build an ICBM, and I'm not sure if the USA is ready to fight a war on 3 fronts ?

ut I would think south korea anf japan are little nervous but with they were probably nervous already.

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I have a question regarding this... Does anyone have a good link to an explanation of how an underground test facility works? I've always been curious how you can set off a nuclear chain reaction (in this case apparently somewhere near a city) and contain it underground.

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The world just became a far more dangerous place.

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heres a link from wikipedia about under ground testing, the bomb actually provides all the material for the chain reaction doing underground just contains the reaction.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_testing

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Wonder what are the chances they'll blow themselves up?Oops---CNN live just announced that the USGS did record a 4.2 event!

We can always hope, well mayby just the leadership of the country I have problem with north koreans in general.

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Have you had contact with them, for they seem pretty much a hermit kingdom?

USGS just posted a 4.2 magnitude earthquake on the Korean peninsula. From the event log

Note that the depth was 0 km.

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There was also the case of North Korean soldiers flirting with danger in the "no-man's-land" section between North and South Korea - warning shots fired... just what are they up to...?

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no but most countries the regular people are just trying to survive.

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I say, we should nuke Kim Jong-il and his facilities.

Should we also be responsible for the drifting fallout that is sure to effect neighbouring countries?

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That's a weekly occurrence - though usually it goes without press coverage.

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Is it?

Funny, isn't it, that everyday occurances can seem "suspicious" when viewed in isolation

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The report I read indicated they were fishing, supposedly a twice yearly occurrence. One wonders if this was perhaps related to nuclear fishin'?

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This is actually good news. Better than them having a bomb and not telling anyone about it because they wanted it to be a surprise. (A la Dr Strangelove.)

Now that they have their nuclear deterrent in the open hopefully this will help stabilize the situation. They should feel more secure now and will hopefully put more effort into reforming their economy, which they have been doing at a gradual rate. With luck the people of North Korea will soon see the sort of economic growth they are now seeing in India and which the Chinese have gotten used to.

Maksutov - pun is your middle name!

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