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North Korean Nuclear Test?

Andy (Executive Editor) | October 8, 2006 - 8:18 pm

News:

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Monday it has performed its first-ever nuclear weapons test. The country’s official Korean Central News Agency said the test was performed successfully and there was no radioactive leakage from the site.Source: http://news.lycos.com/…(updated 11:09PM EST)

Views:
The story broke on the Associated Press website less than 30 minutes ago. I?m really not sure how to look at this. Yes, it is big news and a major accomplishment for them, but I have no idea what the impact on the rest of the world will be.

I guess there are no longer any questions whatsoever as to the status of the North Korean nuclear program, provided this claim turns out to be true.

Common Sense:
If the tests truly did turn out to be successful, I?d hope our government takes a real look at this and takes whatever actions (hopefully sanctions and not military action) are needed to stop them.

Also, I would not want to be caught dead in South Korea (and China ? which seems to me a likely target after the less than stellar long-range rocket test back in July.

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