North Korea test Nuke

ninebeanrows

A 5.1-magnitude earthquake detected 19 kilometers from North Korea’s Sungjibaegam nuclear test site was “artificial,” according to South Korea’s YTN news agency.

The quake had a depth of ten kilometers, the U.S. Geological Survey said, while Chinese earthquake networks put it at zero. A 4.9-magnitude earthquake in a similar location was recorded before confirmation of North Korea’s third nuclear test in 2013 at the site.

Officials in Seoul are checking the details of the earthquake with the meteorological office, a government official said. The government is convening an emergency meeting, according to the official Yonhap news agency.

North Korea may be preparing to test thermonuclear weapons capabilities at its Punggye-ri nuclear test site, Yonhap News reported earlier this month.

The earthquake follows North Korea’s threat in September that it is ready to use atomic weapons against the U.S. at any time and that its main nuclear facility was fully operational. The regime in Pyongyang has often launched missiles or conducted nuclear tests to raise tensions as it seeks economic and political concessions from South Korea and the U.S.

NORTH KOREA SAYS WILL MAKE 'SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT' AT 12:30 P.M. (11 P.M. ET)

The Backwards Man

North Korea is like a stupid yet dangerous dog. Instead of wagging its tail when looking for attention, it growls, but one of these days it's going to bare too many teeth and some poor eejit (China probably, it was their pet to start with) is going to have to put it down.

ninebeanrows

I'm surprised with all the intelligence, satellite etc. that South Korea didn't fore-warn of this outcome.

Stheno

The Backwards Man wrote: »

North Korea is like a stupid yet dangerous dog. Instead of wagging its tail when looking for attention, it growls, but one of these days it's going to bare too many teeth and some poor eejit (China probably, it was their pet to start with) is going to have to put it down.

Even China don't like em much these days!

ardinn

was that 11pm earlier or later?

The Backwards Man

ardinn wrote: »

was that 11pm earlier or later?

4am our time

Paramite Pie

Great. Just what I wanted to read before going to bed. 씨발!

ardinn

Paramite Pie wrote: »

Great. Just what I wanted to read before going to bed. 씨발!

Expect WWIII to have started by morning!





Night!

johnnyskeleton

ardinn wrote: »

Expect WWIII to have started by morning!





Night!

Arent Iran and Saudi also at it? Throw in a bit of ISIS. Maybe Pakistan and India will do their biannual nuclear stand off! Everyone wants WWIII to start, but we are all just too polite to start it off.

newacc2015

Weathercheck wrote: »

I'm surprised with all the intelligence, satellite etc. that South Korea didn't fore-warn of this outcome.

North Korea is water tight. The intelligence outside of it is pretty much non-existent. Apparently after Kim Jong-il kicked the bucket. N. Korea didnt reveal it to the world for days, as they want to see whether the news would spread to South Korea and it didnt. Very little info leaves N.Korea. I doubt the NSA is much use as there is probably about 5 phone lines in the place

I seriously doubt N.Korea will build a half decent nuclear bomb. It took the US decades to make a seriously powerful one with tons of resources. N.Korea has none of that. They are literally ISIS without the internet, resources and focused on starving its own people.

Duiske

Got a notification of that quake on my phone just before 2am. Can't remember ever getting one from that region before so had a quick look at the map. Seems to be a very remote area, apart from this. Gulag 16, which is approx 3km from the epicentre. Probably had the poor bastards from the gulag dig out the underground blast chamber. Edit : Link to EMSC site with seismic details. http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=480627

ninebeanrows

#Northkorea Says it successfully conducted hydrogen bomb test

B.A._Baracus

The idea of a nuclear war is scary. For anyone that fully doesn't realise it I suggest they watch the 80's documentary called "Threads". It is the most scariest horror show you'll ever see despite not being an actual horror movie.

Junkyard Tom

You can drive from St Petersburg, on the Baltic, to the border of North Korea without leaving Russia.

Nodin

Junkyard Tom wrote: »

You can drive from St Petersburg, on the Baltic, to the border of North Korea without leaving Russia.

Ye'd have to stop at least once for a piss though.

Bongalongherb

I think this is another large methane fart from North Korea trying to show-off again thinking the world will kneel before them in fear.

Verbal Methane contamination procedure has been initialised and deactivated. It was just a burp.

GaryTLynch

It's not like they would ever launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike on the South anyway, it would be suicide. Even if they managed to reduce a significant portion of Seoul to dust, the ROK is still a technologically superior military to that of the North. Plus, the ROK have a long standing relationship with the US and are one of their strongest allies in the region. And you can bet your bottom dollar that Uncle Sam wouldn't sit quietly on the sidelines if a nuclear conflict was to kick off on the peninsula.

The_Valeyard

This the start of the annual 'pay attention to me' North Korean shenanigans?

wilhelm roentgen

I have Coca Cola and Mentos in my house, so my nuclear weapons program is 10 years ahead of North Koreas

Dravokivich

wilhelm roentgen wrote: »

I have Coca Cola and Mentos in my house, so my nuclear weapons program is 10 years ahead of North Koreas

Wait till you start using Diet Coke.

Dohnjoe

GaryTLynch wrote: »

It's not like they would ever launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike on the South anyway, it would be suicide. Even if they managed to reduce a significant portion of Seoul to dust, the ROK is still a technologically superior military to that of the North. Plus, the ROK have a long standing relationship with the US and are one of their strongest allies in the region. And you can bet your bottom dollar that Uncle Sam wouldn't sit quietly on the sidelines if a nuclear conflict was to kick off on the peninsula.

A war is extremely unlikely - the Kim dynasty and inner circles are not remotely interested in trading their opulent comfortable lifestyles for the chopping block

It's just another chess move to try to receive concessions from an increasingly weary regional and international community

Palbear

GaryTLynch wrote: »

And you can bet your bottom dollar that Uncle Sam wouldn't sit quietly on the sidelines if a nuclear conflict was to kick off on the peninsula.

It usually works out better when they don't turn up.

Pherekydes

GaryTLynch wrote: »

It's not like they would ever launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike on the South anyway, it would be suicide.

Lots of people commit mass murder before committing suicide.

The leadership of North Korea is collectively deranged. I feel very sorry for the ordinary population of the "Democratic People's Republic".

biko

Weathercheck wrote: »

NORTH KOREA SAYS WILL MAKE 'SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT' AT 12:30 P.M. (11 P.M. ET)

All CAPS, THE WRITTEN EQUIVALENT OF A NUKE!!!

yourdeadwright

Some experts are saying they may have been waiting for an earthquake and then claimed it was H bomb,
You can never turst them there way to sneaky ,

I think given by the fact that the vast majority of their country live in seemingly absolute poverty and rampant starvation shows that they really don't care about most of their own country people, so they probably wouldn't see an issue with bombing South Korea. The wee c*nt Kim will be in a bunker somewhere with his family (except for the ones he wants to feed to dogs..)

Sadly the world is buggered. They probably got pissed off at how much attention Daesh was getting.

The Sun King

Tinfoil hat brigade are already out.

"Did you know that the N.Korean central bank is one of the few banks not run by the "ROTHCHILDS"!"

MonkeyTennis

Kim Jong Un is a singularly focused young man who could easily be distracted and pacified by a good shnack box

nokia69

yourdeadwright wrote: »

Some experts are saying they may have been waiting for an earthquake and then claimed it was H bomb,
You can never turst them there way to sneaky ,

The US and maybe other countries will be able to tell the difference

ohnonotgmail

The North must be short of food again.

xband

I'm amazed North Korea hasn't collapsed by now. It just seems to be such a horrible regime that an uprising should have happened.

xband

xband wrote: »

I'm amazed North Korea hasn't collapsed by now. It just seems to be such a horrible regime that an uprising should have happened.

The people are pretty much broken at this stage.

Shrap

The_Valeyard wrote: »

This the start of the annual 'pay attention to me' North Korean shenanigans?

It's Kim's birthday on Friday apparently. "For my birthday, I would like.....recognition! I'm so wonewy, so wonewy....". Just like his Daddy, bless.

nokia69

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

The North must be short of food again.

The Dear Reader seems to have plenty

smash

Lets face it though, the world would be a bit duller if North Korea wasn't around. A country that doesn't start each new year on Jan 1st, oh no... they have their own 'Juche' calendar which starts each new year on April 15th. The date of Kim Il-sung’s birthday. They also have their own time zone!

Lets look at the 'facts' here people...

We'll start with Kim Jong Il, also known as Shining Star of Paektu Mountain, Guiding Sun Ray, Dear Leader, Great Leader, Respected Leader, Brilliant Leader, Sun of Socialism, The Great Sun of Life, Great Man Who Descended From Heaven, Invicible And Ever-Triumphant General and Highest Incarnation of the Revolutionary Comradely Love.

• Kim Jong Il was born in a log cabin inside a secret base on Korea’s most sacred mountain, Mt. Paekdu. At the moment of his birth, a bright star lit up the sky, the seasons spontaneously changed from winter to spring, and rainbows appeared.
  
• Kimg Jong Il was the most prominent statesman in the present world, and people in countries the whole planet over celebrate his birthday with films and festivals.
  
• Kim Jong Il invented the hamburger
  
• In 1994, Kim Jong Il shot 38 under par on a regulation 18-hole golf course – including 5 holes in one! That score is 25 shots better than the best round in history.
  
• Kim Jong Il distributed pamphlets advertising a wonder drug that would increase the height of short people. Those who responded to the pamphlets were sent away to different uninhabited islands along with the disabled in an attempt to rid the next generation of their supposedly substandard genes.
  
• If Kim Jong Il was angry enough he would make it rain.
  
• If Kim Jong Il never took a shit because he never needed to.

Now, Kim Jong Un:

• He's the Simon Cowell of North Korea and specially hand-picked Korea’s first-ever all-female band 'The Moranbong Band'. Who were an instant success.
  
• He has 3 birthdays. One of them is a national holiday.
  
• His inspiring haircut is the most popular style in North Korea and is known as 'The ambition'.
  
• He was voted the world’s sexiest man in 2012.
  
• You can't really kill a Kim.... In fact, Kim Jong Un is subordinate to his grandfather Kim Il-sung who died over 20 years ago.
  
• He cared so much for his father that if you are not seen to be grieving wholeheartedly when he is mentioned… You’ll be strapped to a mortar bomb.
  
• When he found out that his uncle was dreaming alternative dreams to the rest of the North Korean population, he had him executed.

They also gave us team america.

ScumLord

So basically N.Korea has the ability to blow themselves up even more so than before?

osarusan

First footage of bomb emerges.

Dohnjoe

xband wrote: »

I'm amazed North Korea hasn't collapsed by now. It just seems to be such a horrible regime that an uprising should have happened.

Unlikely, it's such a controlled society to such an extreme that an uprising is almost impossible. Generals are regularly culled to prevent coups and those that flee know that their family and even subsequent generations can be thrown into horrendous labour camps

China has the ability to shut the country down (it controls 70% of all gas into the country, plus most trade) but that would lead to a massive humanitarian catastrophy - if Europe is struggling with a few hundred thousand refugees, China would be in a far worse position trying to deal with 20+ million

One hope was that the Swiss educated Kim Jong-un might usher in some reforms, nope, the little ****er is nearly worse than his father

Grimly, one of the few things that could actually change the country politically would be a severe famine, but no doubt the leadership is acutely aware of this

jimgoose

biko wrote: »

All CAPS, THE WRITTEN EQUIVALENT OF A NUKE!!!

I ARE SERIOUS COUNTRY!! THIS SERIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT!!!

ohnonotgmail

Dohnjoe wrote: »

Unlikely, it's such a controlled society to such an extreme that an uprising is almost impossible. Generals are regularly culled to prevent coups and those that flee know that their family and even subsequent generations can be thrown into horrendous labour camps

China has the ability to shut the country down (it controls 70% of all gas into the country, plus most trade) but that would lead to a massive humanitarian catastrophy - if Europe is struggling with a few hundred thousand refugees, China would be in a far worse position trying to deal with 20+ million

One hope was that the Swiss educated Kim Jong-un might usher in some reforms, nope, the little ****er is nearly worse than his father

Grimly, one of the few things that could actually change the country politically would be a severe famine, but no doubt the leadership is acutely aware of this

they have already had one severe famine where possibly more than a million died. Its hard to organise an uprising when you are too busy trying to get your next meal.

jimgoose

The Backwards Man wrote: »

North Korea is like a stupid yet dangerous dog. Instead of wagging its tail when looking for attention, it growls, but one of these days it's going to bare too many teeth and some poor eejit (China probably, it was their pet to start with) is going to have to put it down.

I'd say if he is actually detonating thermonukes over there it's about time to give him an almighty running-kick to the goolies, partly for his own good, you understand.

arayess

The Sun King wrote: »

Tinfoil hat brigade are already out.

"Did you know that the N.Korean central bank is one of the few banks not run by the "ROTHCHILDS"!"

well it's true isn't it.

ectoraige

Weathercheck wrote: »

I'm surprised with all the intelligence, satellite etc. that South Korea didn't fore-warn of this outcome.

They did; from the OP (emphasis mine):

North Korea may be preparing to test thermonuclear weapons capabilities at its Punggye-ri nuclear test site, Yonhap News reported earlier this month.

Avatar MIA

smash wrote: »

• Kim Jong Il distributed pamphlets advertising a wonder drug that would increase the height of short people. Those who responded to the pamphlets were sent away to different uninhabited islands along with the disabled in an attempt to rid the next generation of their supposedly substandard genes.

As evil genius tricks go, this is quite a clever one.

c_man

I think they're spot on and we should really learn a thing or two from them. Imagine September 2008 that instead of ploughing billions into the banks, we put that money into a nuke program. A few years later we could let one off in Leitrim whenever we wanted the other countries to give us money/food/whatever.

That and the snazzy haircuts. We'd be set.

smash

Avatar MIA wrote: »

As evil genius tricks go, this is quite a clever one.

Yea, but the fucker wore 4 inch platforms. He didn't deport himself!

Sunnyisland

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

The North must be short of food again.

With the new M1 we will get food to Belfast in no time :-)

Avatar MIA

smash wrote: »

Yea, but the fucker wore 4 inch platforms. He didn't deport himself!

No, that's because he didn't reply to the pamphlet :pac:

Mint Sauce

Are the general population of NK still to busy celebrating winning the Rugby WC, to even notice Kim carried out a test of a nuke anyway.

Dohnjoe

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

they have already had one severe famine where possibly more than a million died. Its hard to organise an uprising when you are too busy trying to get your next meal.

The system is really just a glass house built on fear. With a starving populace that fear is diminished. It's not so much that the pop would "rise up", more likely that the system would break down under the strain

Famines also have the opposite effect, they can consolidate the regime. Either way, there's little hope of change

I wouldn't even go so far as to call it a country, it has more similarities to a tightly controlled cult on a national level

xband

The cracks will eventually emerge though. There's no real ability to keep people in the dark and brainwashed forever.