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AFP's South Korea Bureau Chief Giles Hewitt reports that president-elect Park Geun-hye has strongly condemned the test and says her administration will not tolerate a nuclear-armed North "under any circumstances."
"North Korea's nuclear test is a grave threat to the Korean Peninsula and international peace, hampers inter-Korean trust-building and undermines efforts for peace," Park says.
#ROK says #DPRK also firing short-range missile on same day as #nuclear test.
Originally posted by SplitInfinity
In 2005...U.S. Space Command placed into orbit several new Nuclear Fuel Detection Satellites of which I have been told are capable of locating a few pounds of Radioactive Fuel even if it is encased in a Lead Box.
This is done by some form of detection of the Quantum Vibrationary state of any Radiation shielding container.
We would detect it.
Split Infinity
Originally posted by SplitInfinity
reply to post by Wrabbit2000
Rab...they are still using one of the two basic designs. The one being the Uranium Gun Barrel design which has to be a certain length and width. They do not have Plutonium as far as I know so they are not using a smaller Implosion Design and the Gun Barrel design for Plutonium is impractically long.
Thus...this Fission Bomb can only be so small given the Fuel and other issues they must deal with.
Split Infinity
North Korea conducted the nuclear test despite the repeated call by the international community including Japan to comply fully with the existing United Nations Security Council resolutions (UNSCRs) and not to conduct any further provocation including nuclear tests. This nuclear test by North Korea is totally unacceptable, as it constitutes a grave threat to Japan's security, represents a grave challenge to the international disarmament and non-proliferation regime centered on the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) , and seriously undermines the peace and security of Northeast Asia as well as the international community when taken together with its enhancement of its ballistic missile capability which could serve as the means to deliver weapons of mass destruction.
In particular, the nuclear test was conducted while the UNSCR 2087, which was adopted in response to the missile launch which North Korea called a "satellite" on December 12, following the launch in April 2012, clearly expresses its determination to take significant action in the event of a nuclear test. This series of provocations are grave challenge to the authority of the United Nations Security Council.
Originally posted by mr-lizard
Corrected: South Korea defense ministry says North Korea quake indicates nuclear blast of six to seven kilotons, not 10 - official
live.reuters.com...
But still...
Originally posted by SplitInfinity
They do not have Plutonium as far as I know so they are not using a smaller Implosion Design and the Gun Barrel design for Plutonium is impractically long.
Yonhap: #ROK intelligence agency believes #DPRK may conduct additional #nuclear test. #Korea
Washington considers the latest nuclear test by North Korea a threat to America’s national security and has threatened “swift and credible action” against Pyongyang. Earlier, the US said preemptive military strike against DPRK is an option.
The US “will also continue to take steps necessary to defend ourselves and our allies,” President Barack Obama said in a statement, adding that Washington will be “vigilant in the face of North Korean provocations and steadfast in our defense commitments to allies in the region.”
Originally posted by bekod
you do know they stole or have a copy of the W88 don't ya?
Originally posted by Dustytoad
Of course the satellites can phage.. That's why:
1:44am
US & Japan launching airborne assets to try to detect traces of radioactive gases from #DPRK #nuclear test.
See?
Sarcastic panda power.
Originally posted by Bedlam
Originally posted by SplitInfinity
They do not have Plutonium as far as I know so they are not using a smaller Implosion Design and the Gun Barrel design for Plutonium is impractically long.
No, all they HAVE is plutonium. They didn't spin up on uranium separation until about two years ago, and they're still getting the infrastructure in place. They could, I suppose, purchase weapons grade uranium but they don't have it in-house yet.
That's probably why they're getting fizzles - their plutonium is pretty crude and is rife with Pu240.
Originally posted by Bedlam
Originally posted by Dustytoad
Of course the satellites can phage.. That's why:
1:44am
US & Japan launching airborne assets to try to detect traces of radioactive gases from #DPRK #nuclear test.
See?
Sarcastic panda power.
Um, sorry. When they say 'airborne' they mean that literally - there's an atmospheric sampler on a plane.
Originally posted by Thorneblood
Does N.K. get it's own hurricane or devastating earthquake now?
Originally posted by Cosmic4life
Actually you are wrong.
NK has very small amounts of Plutonium and lots of Uranium.
The Fast breeder Reactor at Yongbyon has not yet been completed.....Uranium however is much more abundant and a lot easier for NK to enrich to weapons grade in secret.
And lastly of course NK does have Uranium deposits that it is actively mining.
Originally posted by Dustytoad
Read my post a little slower.. I'm sorry but when I say "Sarcastic Panda Power" It means I am kidding.. I was agreeing with phage goofy dude.