North Korean test 'went wrong,' U.S. official says

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/10/10/korea.nuclear.test/index.html

The United States believes North Korea attempted to detonate a nuclear device but that "something went wrong," and the blast was relatively small, a U.S. government official said Tuesday.

The official confirmed North Korea informed the Chinese government before the test that it would involve a four-kiloton nuclear device, a small explosion compared with the 15-kiloton nuclear tests that India and Pakistan conducted in 1998.

Also, an unnamed North Korean diplomat admitted the test was smaller than expected, the South Korean newspaper Hankyoreh reported Tuesday.

The United States cannot say for sure the underground detonation was a nuclear blast; the working assumption is that it was, but not very successful, said the official who spoke to CNN. (Dud or deception? Read the full story)

Another U.S. official said it is possible North Korea may attempt a second test but cautioned there's no evidence of any preparations at another site.

[Demeter]

1. Now, Why Can't I Believe Anything Either Korea OR US Says?

Post-Traumatic Skeptic Syndrome

[Vidar]

2. I must be suffering from the same malady.

[ck4829]

3. It went horribly wrong... and it created the ROVE-BEAST.

Now THAT would be truly scary.

[Rex]

4. Oh brother...hey freeptards pay attention...he said, she said.

Stop believing the US is a living entity with the name George Bush. Stop being stupid.