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12 Sep 2004, 22:35
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So....North Korea
http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/as...ast/index.html
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SEOUL, South Korea (CNN) -- A large cloud that appeared over North Korea in satellite images several days ago was not the result of a nuclear explosion, according to a U.S. official.
South Korea's Yonhap news agency is reporting a huge explosion shook North Korea's northernmost province on Thursday producing a mushroom cloud over 4 kilometers (two miles) wide.
The blast coincided with the anniversary of North Korea's founding on Sepember 9 when various military activities are staged.
The U.S. official said the cloud could be the result of a forest fire.
South Korea's Unification Minister Chung Dong-yong said the government was aware of the reports and is checking them.
"I have no information about the size of the damage of the explosion," he said on Sunday, according to Yonhap.
Chung also said he believed there was no correlation between the explosion and reports of North Korea preparing for a possible nuclear test.
The New York Times reported on Saturday that U.S. President George W. Bush and his top advisers recently received intelligence reports that could indicate North Korea is preparing its first nuclear test, citing senior officials with access to the intelligence.
John Irvine, a reporter for Britain's ITN TV who is in Pyongyang, said there has been no official response from the North Korean government, although there is pressure to provide an explanation.
"I'm touring outside Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, right now with the British Junior Foreign Minister Bill Rammell, who has just told me that he is demanding a response from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs here in North Korea," Irvine reported Sunday.
"[Rammell] does have a meeting with a senior foreign minister here tomorrow and Mr. Fammell anticipates some answers at least by then."
Yonhap reported the explosion happened in Yanggang province along the Chinese border, the site of Yongjori Missile Base -- a large facility with an underground missile firing range.
According to data gathered by Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), Yongjori is a suspected site for North Korea's uranium enrichment program.
According to its Web site, NTI is a private charity -- funded by CNN founder Ted Turner -- dedicated to lessen the threat posed by weapons of mass destruction -- nuclear, chemical and biological -- around the globe.
-- CNN National Security Correspondent David Ensor and Correspondent Sohn Jie-Ae contributed to this report
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12 Sep 2004, 22:37
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Re: So....North Korea
i think it was an a-bomb but cuz koreas more censord than the forums, no-one will ever truely know
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12 Sep 2004, 22:41
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Re: So....North Korea
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Originally Posted by Smudge
i think it was an a-bomb but cuz koreas more censord than the forums, no-one will ever truely know
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I assume that the US military has plenty of digital do-das up in space and in East Asia which would easily determine whether it was a nuke or not; nuclear explosions are generally not things you can sweep under the carpet, whether you're North Korea or no.
North Korea is so enigmatic and bizzare it could be anything, anyway. Let's see what Mr Rammell gets out of them, heh.
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12 Sep 2004, 22:56
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so f*cking zen
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Re: So....North Korea
No seismic "record" = no underground nuke test
No radiation in the air = no above ground nuke test
As such no nuke test
Well thats what the news told me anyways.
Maybe they're just trying no to alarm the population *shrug*
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12 Sep 2004, 23:00
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Re: So....North Korea
It doesn't appear to be a nuke. Just a large explosion.
As Mr Manson rightly notes, this is not exactly an easy thing to conceal. I don't see the Americans would have much to gain by lying about this. If anything, it would probably be a shot in the arm for Bush since (I presume) he is seen as taking a harder line than Kerry on rogue states.
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12 Sep 2004, 23:01
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Re: So....North Korea
No seisemic activity, no signature double flash,no EM spikes and on the border with China.
Probably not a nuke.
Possibly a large Fuel air bomb A.K.A mother of all bombs, Kim-Il's way of ****ing with peoples heads a little.
Oh and good god people this happened at least 18 hours ago
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12 Sep 2004, 23:20
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so f*cking zen
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Re: So....North Korea
i said that dude
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12 Sep 2004, 23:53
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Look! He's Dancing!
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Re: So....North Korea
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Originally Posted by Ninja_spammer
No seisemic activity, no signature double flash,no EM spikes and on the border with China.
Probably not a nuke.
Possibly a large Fuel air bomb A.K.A mother of all bombs, Kim-Il's way of ****ing with peoples heads a little.
Oh and good god people this happened at least 18 hours ago
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12 Sep 2004, 23:59
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Freedom Fanatic
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Re: So....North Korea
Im sorry that you lot are lagging about 18 hours behind the rest of the planet.
I summed up what was missing and what else it could of been and why.
Unlike dace who offered no other possible cause.
fckffktathnx
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13 Sep 2004, 00:40
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so f*cking zen
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Re: So....North Korea
"A big **** off cloud could have been made by another explosion instead of the nuke that has been discounted"
Gee i wish id decided to be obvious and state that.
Cause like no-one else could have figured it out just by reading what i said.
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13 Sep 2004, 01:57
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Re: So....North Korea
I heard it when the first reports came out on Five Live.
Didnt think it was interesting enough to make a thread about.
Looks like i was right.
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13 Sep 2004, 06:14
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Re: So....North Korea
indeed.
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13 Sep 2004, 06:44
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Re: So....North Korea
'parently they blew up a mountain for shits and giggles. oh, I mean a hydroelectric dam project.
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13 Sep 2004, 08:15
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Re: So....North Korea
Now lets all go and watch the film "Threads"
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13 Sep 2004, 10:01
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Re: So....North Korea
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090163/ <-- there is a review of the film threads, thanx to the wonderful guys at the IMDB
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13 Sep 2004, 15:16
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Re: So....North Korea
who needs nukes when there are F16's.
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13 Sep 2004, 15:31
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Re: So....North Korea
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Originally Posted by KoeN
who needs nukes when there are F16's.
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700 F16's > Nuke... eh?
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13 Sep 2004, 16:40
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Re: So....North Korea
not if they are at ground zero they don't
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13 Sep 2004, 17:01
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Re: So....North Korea
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Originally Posted by Radical Edward
'parently they blew up a mountain for shits and giggles. oh, I mean a hydroelectric dam project.
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It was actually a military accordion accident.
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13 Sep 2004, 17:03
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Miles Teg
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Re: So....North Korea
who needs nukes if you have cnn?
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