North Korea Nuclear Test?

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

It looks like what foreign policy geeks like me have been awaiting but fearing has happened with yet another Nuclear Test.

 

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/09/tremor-strikes-north-korea-usgs-170903034027216.html

[Jacque67 7,328]

10 minutes ago, cyberfx1024 said:

It looks like what foreign policy geeks like me have been awaiting but fearing has happened with yet another Nuclear Test.

 

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/09/tremor-strikes-north-korea-usgs-170903034027216.html

Yeah, USGS reports "possible explosion" recorded at 6.3 magnitude , near site where North Korea has detonated nuclear explosions in the past.

Abe has issued a statement that North Korean nuclear tests are absolutely unacceptable. Public holiday in North Korea, Sept. 9th.

[Jacque67 7,328]

Would be most powerful nuclear test yet. Comes after rumours US will pull out of trade pack with S Korea. 

[IAMX 3,055]

Why all these years has the international community been useless and allowed this to happen?

 

Years of Bush and Obama appeasement and Trump is, one way or another, going to have to clean up.

Edited September 3, 2017 by IAMX

[Jacque67 7,328]

From the hilarious DPRK News :

 

Marshall Kim Jong-Un slowly caresses destruction of United States ever so gently with his loving and masterful hands.

 

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CTBTO statement to come shortly.

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Japan's Foreign Ministry confirms North Korea did conduct nuclear test today. Sixth since 2006. 

 

Oh, boy!

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From Yonhap: South Korea Defence Committee Chair says NK nuclear blast yield likely 100 kilitons, 4-5x's strength of Nagasaki bomb.

 

North Korea will make an announcement 15:00 Pyongyang time.

 

(meanwhile Donnie tweeted about "HEREOS" at 01:19 Washington time)

 

[Jacque67 7,328]

So North Korean statement implied it was a 2-stage ICBM-mateable thermonuclear bomb.

claims no radiation leaked into the atmosphere .

[Jacque67 7,328]

Donald Trump has tried to convince the public that he has talked tough and now the regime respects him for it. But that is incredibly simplistic, and shows how much learning has to be done to understand what is really going on. Trump’s signalling to North Korea is all over the map and that is part of the problem – because actually, the North Korean signals are fairly consistent. Incredibly, as all this is taking place, it is being reported that Trump is thinking of withdrawing from the free trade agreement with South Korea.

Trump has rebooted his team to some extent – a new chief-of-staff is trying to get things in order. On North Korea, they need to have a real huddle and rethink their approach.

• John Delury is a North Korea expert at Yonsei University in Seoul

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/03/this-north-korean-nuclear-test-means-trump-must-now-start-talks

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China Global Times has said NK made the wrong decision, but takes no responsibility-blames US and SKorea. The Russian foreign ministry says the the test deserves the "strongest condemnation" 

SKorea wants the US to deploy the "strongest" military assets to show us/rok ability to neutralise NK nuclear/missile abilities. 

 

Still there is no US ambassador to SKorea, nor Asst Secs for Asia at State and Defense. 

 

Sigh.

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Lordy, 3 tweets so far! N Korea is very "hostile and dangerous", an "embarrassment to China" and "only understands one thing!"

 

 

release the pee tapes! This guy is a nutter!

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I am more interested in what China will do, they are the ones with the control. I have a feeling he may well disappear at some point, maybe a show trial.