North Korea Lights Off Another Nuclear Weapon
February 12th, 2013Via: Guardian:
North Korea has drawn widespread condemnation after conducting a nuclear test in defiance of international bans – a development signalled by an earthquake detected in the country and later confirmed by the regime.
The test, which took place in the north-east of the country just before noon local time, could bring North Korea a step closer to developing a nuclear warhead small enough to be mounted on a long-range missile and possibly bringing the west coast of the US within striking distance.
The authorities in Pyongyang said scientists had set off a “miniaturised” nuclear device with a greater explosive force than those used in two previous nuclear tests, in 2006 and 2009.
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And with the invocation of “bringing the west coast of the US within striking distance”, we should consider starting a little betting pool…
How long will it be before the US “intervenes” on the peninsula and reignites the seventy-year-old Korean stalemate?
There’s not nearly as much geo-political risk as there would be whacking the Iranian mole, what with Hormuz and oil and the danger of tugging on the Russian bear’s tail.
However, China & Putinlandia would surely have strong opinions about the US getting involved — directly or indirectly — in fresh hostilities north of the 38th parallel as well.
So, how long will it be before an overt effort to dampen North Korean nuclear enthusiasm results in a few Tomahawks lobbed from international airspace, so South Korea remains blameless?
TYPO: that should read: “…sixty year stalemate…”
@Miraculix
“whacking the Iranian mole” … “Putinlandia”
har. love it.