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2018-04-26 China-Japan-Koreas

North Korea's nuclear test site has collapsed ... and that may be why Kim Jong-un suspended tests

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Posted by Frank G 2018-04-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
File under: Commies

#1 Color me surprised.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-04-26 01:37|| 2018-04-26 01:37|| Front Page Top

#2 ...This makes sense. At least in theory, the Norks could test in downtown Pyongyang if they wanted, but it costs big bucks - really big bucks - to prepare a site. Excavation of that magnitude, even in a command economy, ain't cheap. The instrumentation is even more expensive, and a good chunk of that has to be replaced every time you hit that little red button.

At the end of the day, they might have just finally run out of available funds and gear. The Norks know the bombs work - they get a yield from a device, even if it's not one they can put on a warhead or aircraft yet. Add to that they fact that in DJT they finally have a US leader who is not going to simply roll over and let himself be blackmailed, and this might, at the end of the day, be simply a matter of Kimmie making a virtue out of necessity.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2018-04-26 06:02|| 2018-04-26 06:02|| Front Page Top

#3 OR, perhaps, the Chinese putting their foot down with the risk of radioactive leaks. Mountain collapse's, a lot of dust in the air, right next to the border...

Wouldn't surprise me if the slave-gangs were throwing everything, including themselves, into the mountain to seal it up.

Posted by Charles 2018-04-26 07:57|| 2018-04-26 07:57|| Front Page Top

#4 Winds from North Korea nuclear test site may send radiation toward Japan

Posted by Skidmark 2018-04-26 10:02|| 2018-04-26 10:02|| Front Page Top

Winds blowing north....? Lemme see....recent Kim Jong-un trip to China ?

How you say, 'get your dumb arse up here, we need to talk'.... in NORK or Cantonese ?

Posted by Besoeker 2018-04-26 10:45|| 2018-04-26 10:45|| Front Page Top

#6 Possibly true, possibly an attempt to steal any credit for peace talks away from Trump.

Posted by rjschwarz 2018-04-26 11:05|| 2018-04-26 11:05|| Front Page Top

#7 Gots to wonder who was under the mountain when it collapsed? Most of the scientists? Maybe someone sent a message?

Maybe I've read to many novels...9

Posted by BrerRabbit 2018-04-26 16:16|| 2018-04-26 16:16|| Front Page Top

#8 They collapsed late last year.

Posted by newc 2018-04-26 16:16|| 2018-04-26 16:16|| Front Page Top

#9 newc was responsible - I read it here

Posted by Frank G 2018-04-26 20:43|| 2018-04-26 20:43|| Front Page Top

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