Saturday, April 21, 2012
North Korean Nuclear Test In 2 Weeks?
S. Korean paper quotes gov't source as saying it is "highly likely" that North has installed a nuclear device inside tunnel.
After carrying out two nuclear tests in 2006 and 2009, North Korea has completed preparations for a third such nuclear test, which could take place within two weeks, AFP reported Saturday, citing South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo.
Satellite images show an underground tunnel has been built at the site of North Korea's two previous nuclear tests. "Heaps of earth and sand which had been piled up outside the new tunnel have disappeared...It is highly likely that the North has installed a nuclear device inside the tunnel and sealed it (with the piles of earth and sand)," Chosun Ilbo quoted a South Korean government source as saying.
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My Comment: If they conduct a test .... expect China to be pressured in imposing severe sanctions on their border with North Korea, and to vow that sales like this one will not happen in the future.
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