N. Korea Appears to Be Preparing for Nuclear Test

*I always wondered what was under his mask in 'Friday the 13th'.


http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=2326083&page=1

Aug. 17, 2006 — There is new evidence that North Korea may be preparing for an underground test of a nuclear bomb, U.S. officials told ABC News.

"It is the view of the intelligence community that a test is a real possibility," said a senior State Department official.

A senior military official told ABC News that a U.S. intelligence agency has recently observed "suspicious vehicle movement" at a suspected North Korean test site.

The activity includes the unloading of large reels of cable outside P'unggye-yok, an underground facility in northeast North Korea. Cables can be used in nuclear testing to connect an underground test site to outside observation equipment. The intelligence was brought to the attention of the White House last week.

Even before this most recent intelligence, there has been growing concern within the U.S. government that North Korea has been moving toward a nuclear test. North Korea is believed to have enough nuclear material to build as many as a dozen nuclear bombs, but it has never tested one. A successful test would remove any doubt that North Korea is a nuclear power.

"What does he have to lose?" asked one senior military official, referring to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

On July 4, North Korea conducted seven ballistic missile tests, which provoked international condemnation, including a unanimous United States Security Council resolution condemning its actions. A nuclear test, however, would be seen as a much greater provocation than the missile tests. Only seven other nations in the world have ever conducted nuclear tests.

U.S. officials fear a nuclear test could provoke a nuclear arms race in East Asia, forcing Japan and South Korea to develop their own nuclear weapons.

"A nuclear test is going to be alarming and troubling for everyone and would cause a very strong reaction I think from all of North Korea's neighbors," said former National Security Council official Michael Green, now with the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

U.S. officials caution that the intelligence is not conclusive. Last year U.S. spy satellites picked up suspicious activity at suspected test sites in North Korea, leading some to predict an imminent nuclear test, but nothing happened.

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I read that a nuclear test would take more than 50% of the nuclear material that they have. How desperate is this guy for attention to use that much on a test?

 

They think they're cool but they're really not...

 

lmao...that's dumb.

 

Pamic all americans, lol


no no dont worri bush will only spend a few more trillions to take off n.korea only to find no nuclear weapons.

lmao....that's truly dumb!!

 

I can't tell whether you're being sarcastic or not

What's "Pamic"?

Bush hasn't spent a trillion dollars yet in the war, so why should he with a country that wants attention?

 

do u play dumb or is it natural?lol

Pamic is a typo of panic, sure u interpreted that right?

with ur last statement you are right he aint spent that much yet, and i am currently working on his motive for another invasion


can it be hmmmmmmmmm oil,............................opium.......natural resources.........................................................

trying to think what N.Korea has that bush might want/need, that he can just bully his way in and take......

no but i am honestly thinking was has N.Korea got that can be vauable.

 

perhaps they have spell checkers?

 

Do you type dumb or is it natural? Really, learn some grammar, spelling, and punctuation skills. You type like a "Noob".

I thought it was a typo.

You go right ahead and do that...

Nope. If you notice, Iraq is not our 51st state. In fact, it's half-owned by the Iraqi people again already, which is really the first time since Saddam's regime, since now they are free people. Also take note that oil import amounts haven't increased hardly at all since the war started.

Example of Bush bullying north korea is...? Look, N. Korea is threatening to build nukes and use them, as they've just tested several to get attention. (All of which failed, mind you.) What would Bush want with nonfunctional nukes?

What the heck are you trying to say? I can't understand your grammar. "Was has N. Korea"... "got can be" and I love this one, "vauable", learn to spell while you go back to 3rd grade.

 

L. O. L.

Period!

 

lol, when u cant find ahything else to decide to pick on on anything, lol

that dont bother me, its only pathetic people like u that it bothers

i see no need to double check my post on here, as its readable

althought i must admit my grammer in the last post was herendous, i have to apologise about thagt, i was typing too fast as i had to go and sit in on a meeting!

 

and your excuse this time?

 

they are cool.....

 

Haha, yeah right

 

I know alot of people who are fans of the regime,im not but some people are.

 

Mother nature was barking at your backdoor, eh? Happens to the best of us! We all have to drop some friends off at the lake once a day

 

lmao Gtech...

 

More propaganda from Shrub and his cronies. I'm willing to bet that if a test did take place, Rumsfeld would go on the TV and tell everyone how there was a delegation from Iran watching to justify a quick oil war there.

 

Kim Jong Il is so ronery.

 

couldn't fit in any more cliches? Such a good little puppy.