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North Korea prepares to test a new nuclear bomb to mark 'Day of the Sun'
2017-04-13
  • [Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] US military officials fear North Korea has placed a nuclear device in a tunnel with plans to detonate it on Saturday

  • Country is reportedly in its final stages of preparing for its sixth nuclear test

  • Earlier foreign journalists visiting North Korea were told to prepare for a 'big and important' event on Thursday

  • Foreign journalists were invited to Pyongyang as the country marks its biggest national day called 'Day of the Sun' on Saturday

  • Tensions are currently high with North Korea warning of a nuclear attack on the United States at any sign of American aggression
Posted by:Fred

#3  MOABs are not penetrators. There are other bombs designed to penetrate bunkers.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia    2017-04-13 17:34  

#2  The problem with that would be getting the rather slow C-130s over the target so they could 'kick' their parcels out the rear hatch.

Otherwise, I agree wholeheartedly 3dc.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2017-04-13 17:11  

#1  a couple of MOABs in the seconds before its detonation would make for interesting special effects.
Posted by: 3dc   2017-04-13 15:23  

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