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Journal the_mad_poster's Journal: N. Korea Blast Poll 6

No, I didn't swap accounts with Em.

Let's take this potentially serious moment to remind everybody that this probably isn't as serious a moment as some people may think. Let's also keep in mind that if North Korea DID perform a nuclear test or an accident occurred during the development of nuclear weaponry, the first thing you could reasonably expect the government to do would be to vaguely deny that a test has occurred. In addition, I'd like to remind everybody that, while they're saying it wasn't a nuclear mushroom cloud, the initial Trinity test created a cloud approximately 2 miles in diameter. The test was a 19kt blast and would be roughly equivalent to similar tests you might expect an impotent little troll to run above ground in order to "minimize" the deaths inside his own country. Bear in mind also that the cloud appeared near the Chinese border.

I hope that puts your mind at ease. Thanks for giving me the opportunity to put everything into perspective for you, and let's have a little poll!

What was the blast in N. Korea?

  1. A nuclear test.
  2. A natural disaster. (Forsest fires explode?)
  3. Kim Jong Il finally blew his stack.
  4. OHMYGODI'MGONNADIEI'MONTHEWESTCOAST!
  5. Who cares, I'm on the east coast?
  6. Who cares, I still have my bomb shelter from 1967, and the spam is still good.
  7. I am the Omega Man!
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N. Korea Blast Poll

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  • This is the same North Korea who earlier this year had a catastrophe occur at Ryongchon when a train exploded, obliterating a school.

    Plus, pissing off the Chinese by testing nukes right at their border, would be one of the stupidest things I would've ever seen.

    It might also convince the Japanese to weaponize (and since the Nippon are proto-nuclear, we might have a four way atomic Mexican Standoff around the Koreas). NK's problem: they're Angel Eyes, we (the US, SK, and Japan) are Blondie, and China's Tu
    • NK's problem: they're Angel Eyes, we (the US, SK, and Japan) are Blondie, and China's Tuco.

      this is the best description of international affairs i've ever seen.

      blondie! you know what you are! i'm gonna get you you sonofabitch!
  • With all that kim chee [recipesource.com] they eat over there, what do you expect?
  • Since the Koreans claim it wasn't a mushroom cloud it must obviously mean it's option 3 on your poll ;)
  • Without more data, it's just not clear what this was. Spectroscopic analysis, if available (which it probably is, I'm sure that there are plenty of spy sattelites watching N. Korea), should reveal whether it was a nuclear blast. But if the CIA knows now, they're probably not telling us and even when they do, who knows whether they'll tell us the truth.

    Until the data can be analyzed by independent experts, I say there's no way to know.

  • I'd guess 1.5, a nuclear accident.

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