North Korea is believed to have carried out Friday another nuclear test
assessed to be its largest one to date, South Korean military said. This
marked the fifth official nuclear experiment by the communist state
since the UN Security Council adopted a resolution banning it from any
nuclear or ballistic missile programs.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff
said that a magnitude-5.0 artificial earthquake had been detected near
Punggye-ri, Hamgyeong Province, where an underground nuclear test site
is located. The waves had been reported by the state-run Korea
Meteorological Administration.
“(The military) believes that it is a nuclear test, and we are
conducting further analysis on the nuclear material used and whether the
test has succeeded,” Defense Ministry spokesman Moon Sang-kyun said in a
press briefing.
Based on the size of the seismic event, the KMA
estimated the yield of the test to be about 10-12 kilotons, which
amounts to 67-80 percent of that of the atomic bomb that hit Hiroshima
in 1945.
Pyongyang’s fourth and latest nuclear test in January,
which caused a magnitude-4.8 earthquake, was assessed to involve 6
kilotons.
No further signs of unusual movement were detected from the North Korean military afterwards, according to military.
North Korea, which remained silent in the hours following the explosion, later confirmed the observations.
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20160909000571
This marked the North's fifth nuclear test following the last one in
January that drew condemnation from the international community and led
the United Nations Security Council to adopt the toughest-ever
resolution in March. Pyongyang also carried out nuclear tests in 2006,
2009 and 2013.
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2016/09/09/12/0301000000AEN20160909012451315F.html
"... It is only in this way that we can hope to arrive at truth, and fulfill the great responsibility which we hold to God and our country. Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings."....I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"
Friday, September 9, 2016
MEANWHILE ALL THE NORTH KOREA FROM THE KIM CAN DO TO BETTER HUMANITY IS BLOW UP ANOTHER NUCLEAR TEST - AS IF THROWING A TANTRUM - THAT SAYS LOOK AT ME I'M THE BAD COMMUNIST MUMBO JUMBO - AS NORTH KOREA HAS EXPLODED THE MOTHER OF ALL BOMBS IN 2006, 2009, 2013, AND TWO TIMES IN 2016 - AS 4 TIMES UNDER THE DEMOCRAT POTUS BHO NOSE
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