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Confirming North Korean N-test almost impossible
Windsor Genova – AHN News News Writer, 20 June 2010,Seoul, South Korea (AHN) - A radiation detection station of South Korea measured increased levels of radioactive xenon in the air two days after North Korea announced a nuclear fusion test on May 12.
But now a new study by a Swedish scientist, Lars-Erik De Geer, argues that the North Korean claim, which first appeared in the Rodong Sinmun, might not have been so ridiculous. In his analysis of radioisotope emissions, Mr. De Geer suggests that North Korea may have conducted two heretofore-unknown nuclear weapons tests in 2010.
we need to take any action DPRK does or will do very seriously. been reluctant to post direct link but with this statement, we should all be aware here is the link www.kcna.co.jp...
The U.S. will come to know what dear price it will have to pay for insulting and mocking the Koreans.
Satellites and long-range rockets to be launched by the DPRK without let-up and the nuclear test of higher level to be conducted by it in the all-out action, a new stage of the anti-U.S. struggle, will be targeted against the U.S. imperialists, the sworn enemy of the Korean people.
The world will clearly know what tremendous might the servicepersons and people of the DPRK will display and what great history of a thriving nation they will make, aware of the justice of their cause and single-mindedly united behind their leader.
Originally posted by muzzleflash
Um...what world did I just wake up into?
Last I checked, nuclear weapons technology on Earth currently operates on Fission.
Where did you guys get Fusion ?
Originally posted by Bedlam
reply to post by bekod
It' ll be easy to tell, because they'll finally get way more than a fizzle yield . They're not up to levitated pit composite fission yet,
they don't have the technology for a Teller- Ulam three stager.
Originally posted by mbkennel
how do you know that?
Originally posted by bekod
reply to post by Bedlam
I hope you will contribute some of what you know , to this thread as far as DPRK getting a fusion bomb, or being able to develop one as being a real threat to US. If they did try and had a mistake , would it be as bad or not as bad as the TSAR bomb also the biggest Fusion bomb ever made
Originally posted by muzzleflash
Ok so it's still a fission device (with fusion as the end result).
what good is land when it will kill you with radiation? New for the war monger , use a clean bomb.
Thus thermonuclear weapons are sometimes called "clean" bombs. Technically a clean bomb is defined as one where significantly more than half of the destructive power arises from fusion. So-called "radiation fusion bombs", also known as neutron bombs are examples of clean weapons
Originally posted by bekod
Why try to build test a fusing not a fission? simple here is a link to the answer library.thinkquest.org... it is odd how they call it a clean bomb from the linkwhat good is land when it will kill you with radiation? New for the war monger , use a clean bomb.
Thus thermonuclear weapons are sometimes called "clean" bombs. Technically a clean bomb is defined as one where significantly more than half of the destructive power arises from fusion. So-called "radiation fusion bombs", also known as neutron bombs are examples of clean weapons
It does need to be confirmed, but it will be, and when it is ... whole new ballgame folks
Statement by CTBTO Executive Secretary Tibor Tóth on the seismic event detected in North Korea as a response to media questions
Vienna, 12 February 2013
“Today our monitoring stations picked up evidence of an unusual seismic event in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). The event shows explosion-like characteristics and its location is roughly congruent with the 2006 and 2009 DPRK nuclear tests. For now, further data and analysis are necessary to establish what kind of event this is. If confirmed as a nuclear test, this act would constitute a clear threat to international peace and security, and challenges efforts made to strengthen global nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, in particular by ending nuclear testing.”