This gives me the jibbers

Hydralisk · 2004-09-12, 11:33 AM

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20040911_1461.html
That would suck if countries like North Korea start making nuclear weapons

Originally Posted by ABC

Blast, Mushroom Cloud Reported in N. Korea
Major Explosion Followed by Mushroom Cloud Reported in North Korea on Key Communist Regime Date

The Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea Sept. 11, 2004 ***65533; A large explosion occurred in the northern part of North Korea, sending a huge mushroom cloud into the air on an important anniversary of the communist regime, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported Sunday.
Citing an unidentified source in Beijing, Yonhap said the explosion happened on Thursday in Yanggang province near the border with China. The damage and crater left by the explosion in Kim Hyong Jik county was big enough to be noticed by a satellite, the source said.

"We understand that a mushroom-shaped cloud about 3.5- to 4- kilometer (2.2 miles to 2.5 miles) in diameter was monitored during the explosion," Yonhap quoted an unidentified diplomatic source in Seoul as saying.

North Korea was founded on Sept. 9, 1948. Leader Kim Jong Il uses the occasion to stage performances and other events to bolster loyalty among the impoverished North Korean population.

Experts have speculated that North Korea might use a major anniversary to conduct a nuclear-related test, though there was no immediate indication that the reported explosion on Thursday was linked to Pyongyang's efforts to develop nuclear weapons.

On April 22, train wagons at a railway station exploded in the North Korean town of Ryongchon, killing 160 people and injuring an estimated 1,300, according to some estimates. The blast was believed to have been sparked by a train laden with oil and chemicals that hit power lines.

The source in Beijing that told Yonhap about the explosion last week said it was reportedly bigger than the train explosion in Ryongchon.

Setari · 2004-09-12, 12:21 PM

Originally Posted by Hydralisk

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20040911_1461.html
That would suck if countries like North Korea start making nuclear weapons

theyve been making nuclear weapons for a while.

SDM · 2004-09-12, 12:27 PM

Secretary of State Colin Powell says the United States believes a recent explosion in North Korea was, in his words, not a nuclear event. South Korean reports say a large mushroom-shaped cloud was caused by the explosion. VOA's Stephanie Ho reports from Washington.

Speaking on Fox News Sunday, Secretary Powell played down the severity of the North Korean explosion.

"We have seen reports of this explosion, but based on all the information that we have, it was not any type of nuclear event," he said. "We are trying to find out more about it, and what exactly it was, if anything, but it does not appear to be a nuclear event."

He said the United States is monitoring newspaper reports that there is activity going on at a potential North Korean nuclear test site.

"We have been watching it," he added. "We can not tell if it is normal maintenance activity, or something more."

Secretary Powell said North Korea is involved in de-nuclearization talks with five other countries, including the United States, China, South Korea, Japan, and Russia. He added that these other countries would also view a North Korean nuclear test with great alarm.

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Setari · 2004-09-12, 12:36 PM

Originally Posted by SDM

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i mean sure, Mr. Powell, it's not like they're testing nuclear weapons or anything.

Rbstr · 2004-09-12, 12:43 PM

what the fuck makes an explosion as big as an A-Bomb or H-Bomb? the answer is nothing except Anit-Matter(fun stuff total conversion of mas to energy, e=MC^2 a pea sized bit can blow a city away, with no yucky things like radio activity) or perhaps several megatons of TNT.

i also like these quotes

"We have seen reports of this explosion, but based on all the information that we have, it was not any type of nuclear event," he said. "We are trying to find out more about it, and what exactly it was, if anything, but it does not appear to be a nuclear event."

then this

He said the United States is monitoring newspaper reports that there is activity going on at a potential North Korean nuclear test site.

Sputty · 2004-09-12, 12:50 PM

Australia did a test with several megatons of TNT in a jungle to test how nuclear weapons would react with the jungle
The explosion made the jungle an impassable labyrinth

Rbstr · 2004-09-12, 12:52 PM

thats a lot of TNT

Everay · 2004-09-12, 12:54 PM

two things, antimatter? jesus dude, antimatter is so expensive and requires so much energy america cant even produce alot of it, and the nearest place to harvest it, is about 3000 light years away, NKorea doesnt have a single atom of it, guaranteed.

second thing, anyone remember MOAB? that thing made a explosion the size of a small tactical nuclear bomb, N.Korea could have made their own version, or this is simply another huge ass fucking explosion that happened on accident again.

DaShiznit · 2004-09-12, 12:58 PM

OH. SHIT. This is a whole lotta no good.

"We understand that a mushroom-shaped cloud about 3.5- to 4- kilometer (2.2 miles to 2.5 miles) in diameter was monitored during the explosion,"

That is a hell of an explosion. It clearly isn't antimatter (nobody's got that shit) and it's not too likely that this was a crapload of TNT. /me hides in his bunker.

SDM · 2004-09-12, 12:59 PM

Originally Posted by Setari

i mean sure, Mr. Powell, it's not like they're testing nuclear weapons or anything.

Are you saying he's lieing and this is some conspiracy? Like they can't monitor radiation levels?

OfaLoaf · 2004-09-12, 01:30 PM

Maybe it's a test of some cruder version, or a dummy shot with no nuclear stuff in it, or something.

It is not a nuke, according to many people. Even the BBC thinks so!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3648794.stm

Mr1337Duck · 2004-09-12, 02:07 PM

Kwayzie.

By the way, not the size of an H-bomb. An A-bomb can destroy a city, an H-Bomb has a blast radius of about a state. That's why they tested one on an island, the blast just went through the water and didn't kill anybody. Still, that's a big fucking explosion in NK. I wonder what it was.