North Korea Nuclear Tests

[likeafox]

North Korea has recently conducted underground nuclear tests, according to their government. It has not been confirmed, but it's still frightening.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6034873.stm

Might this turn into another cold war scenario? North Korea does not have a lot of resources but it could have implications elsewhere too, as North Korea is far from the only country to be at odds with the US. It think they said it well in the news report.

[Loeln]

North Korea has recently conducted underground nuclear tests, according to their government. It has not been confirmed, but it's still frightening.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6034873.stm

Might this turn into another cold war scenario? North Korea does not have a lot of resources but it could have implications elsewhere too, as North Korea is far from the only country to be at odds with the US. It think they said it well in the news report.

Fortunately, in this arms race the US has about a sixty year head start.

[Niko123000]

That, and North Korea has now lost the Only ally tey hhad in the form of china, so basically, if a war was started, it would be,

North Korea Vs. The Rest of the World

[VisibilityMissing]

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: One of the best sources around on nuclear and WMD proliferation.

There's been a little nuclear arms race going on in Asia for some time now. It's actually surprising it's taken them this long to get to an underground test.

This is the same sort of press that both India and Pakistan got just a few years ago. That there is a leader in question that doesn't really like the US doesn't make this one any more likely to create a conflict.

[Loeln]

This is the same sort of press that both India and Pakistan got just a few years ago. That there is a leader in question that doesn't really like the US doesn't make this one any more likely to create a conflict.

Well, considering that NK says they made the device because they "need an atomic arsenal to deter a possible attack from the United States", and that in order to "fight off" a possible US attack without using a nuclear weapon in/around North Korea its self, Kim would pretty well have to attack the US first, that may give the world reason to be more wary about him right now than the others.

[VisibilityMissing]

Well, considering that NK says they made the device because they "need an atomic arsenal to deter a possible attack from the United States", and that in order to "fight off" a possible US attack without using a nuclear weapon in/around North Korea its self, Kim would pretty well have to attack the US first, that may give the world reason to be more wary about him right now than the others.

Kim is crazy, but probably not stupid. Attacking the U.S. would be an extremely short conflict.

It would be interesting to know what is going on with all the non-state actors, though. What about the nuclear arsenal of the former Soviet Union, which probably is not secure. What about nuclear weapons that are not under the control of a state. We're not talking about anything very high tech here, all that's really necessary is the material.

[Rooster]

North Korea is a myth, developed by the US government to scare children.

Much like the Cookie Monster.

[Bocaj Claw]

I don't know about you but the Cookie Monster scares the bajeebuses out of me.

[Richard K Niner]

*leaves a half-eaten cookie on Bocaj's pillow*

[Bocaj Claw]

See what I mean! That's just unhygenic! Attracts bugs and such. Also, EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! *runs around like a headless chicken without a head*

[Richard K Niner]

My work here is done.

...


Cookie! *finishes his cookie*

[Tom Flapwell]

I'd like to see footage of Cookie Monster mistaking the camera for a cookie.

If he wasn't one of my favorite "Sesame Street" characters then, he certainly is in retrospect. Too bad they started making him role-modelish.

[Bocaj Claw]

You mean the whole "cookies are a sometimes food" thing?

[Tom Flapwell]

Yeah, that.

I understand that in the show's early years, Cookie ate Bert many times! Did he stop doing that so he wouldn't scare the kids, or so they wouldn't try to do the same?

[Rooster]

One of my favourite characters was Beaker, but it didn't turn me into a scientist.