Enjoy it while it lasts

[RED-DOG]

North Korea nuclear test: Hydrogen bomb 'missile-ready'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41139445

You know when they do a test like this, don't they make the test area radioactive for ages?


What's the difference between doing the test and dropping the bomb on your own country?

[neeko]

North Korea nuclear test: Hydrogen bomb 'missile-ready'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41139445

You know when they do a test like this, don't they make the test area radioactive for ages?


What's the difference between doing the test and dropping the bomb on your own country?

It depends on where you explode the bomb, even NK are not so stupid as to explode it above ground, which would cover most of its country with radioactive dust for a million years.

By exploding it underground you get the data and the political impact without all of the problems.

[Marky147]

Surprised he and the donald don't get on, to be fair.

[RED-DOG]

North Korea nuclear test: Hydrogen bomb 'missile-ready'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41139445

You know when they do a test like this, don't they make the test area radioactive for ages?


What's the difference between doing the test and dropping the bomb on your own country?

It depends on where you explode the bomb, even NK are not so stupid as to explode it above ground, which would cover most of its country with radioactive dust for a million years.

By exploding it underground you get the data and the political impact without all of the problems.

I can't imagine what that underground place would look like, especially after detonation.

How come we don't just dispose of nuclear waste underground?

[neeko]

North Korea nuclear test: Hydrogen bomb 'missile-ready'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41139445

You know when they do a test like this, don't they make the test area radioactive for ages?


What's the difference between doing the test and dropping the bomb on your own country?

It depends on where you explode the bomb, even NK are not so stupid as to explode it above ground, which would cover most of its country with radioactive dust for a million years.

By exploding it underground you get the data and the political impact without all of the problems.

I can't imagine what that underground place would look like, especially after detonation.

How come we don't just dispose of nuclear waste underground?

There is not agreement about what to do with high level waste in the long term(100,000's of years as some radioactive waste is dangerous for that long), one option is to combine the waste rods from the nuclear reactors into a glass like lump then enclose that in steel then bury it in a deep tunnel that is geologically stable, and does not have water flowing through it. However local communities in these locations are not exactly happy, so at the moment steel casks are stored above ground "temporarily" until a decision is reached. Only Finland have started this process.

(This is just an attempt at a simple summary) (I read https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioactive_waste)

[RED-DOG]

North Korea nuclear test: Hydrogen bomb 'missile-ready'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41139445

You know when they do a test like this, don't they make the test area radioactive for ages?


What's the difference between doing the test and dropping the bomb on your own country?

It depends on where you explode the bomb, even NK are not so stupid as to explode it above ground, which would cover most of its country with radioactive dust for a million years.

By exploding it underground you get the data and the political impact without all of the problems.

I can't imagine what that underground place would look like, especially after detonation.

How come we don't just dispose of nuclear waste underground?

There is not agreement about what to do with high level waste in the long term(100,000's of years as some radioactive waste is dangerous for that long), one option is to combine the waste rods from the nuclear reactors into a glass like lump then enclose that in steel then bury it in a deep tunnel that is geologically stable, and does not have water flowing through it. However local communities in these locations are not exactly happy, so at the moment steel casks are stored above ground "temporarily" until a decision is reached. Only Finland have started this process.

(This is just an attempt at a simple summary) (I read https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioactive_waste)

Which still begs the question, why detonate a nuclear weapon in your own back yard when it will be dangerous for 100,000s of years?

[TightEnd]

North Korea. Top trade export partners: China 83% India 3.5% Pakistan 1.5% Burkina Faso 1.2% Other 10.8%

[TightEnd]

North Korea - a final reckoning nears

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[TightEnd]

The Latest: US warns N. Korea that threats to America and its allies "will be met with a massive military response."

https://www.apnews.com/89c6ce58dec44ec2983fe32a54ff5244?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP

[TightEnd]

This missile could reach California. But can North Korea use it with a nuclear weapon?



https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/08/22/world/asia/north-korea-nuclear-weapons.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur

[TightEnd]

Nuclear detonation yield. Hiroshima: 13 kilotons Nagasaki: 20 kilotons North Korea's test today: 100 kilotons

[TightEnd]

If America had any good means to deter North Korea, it would have used them already

https://www.economist.com/news/asia/21728530-it-may-not-have-been-sort-powerful-miniaturised-warhead-rogue-state-claimed-north?fsrc=scn/tw/te/bl/ed/

[TightEnd]

'The Chinese are pissed off' – but what can Beijing do about North Korea?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/04/china-what-can-beijing-do-about-north-korea-donald-trump-kim-jong-un?CMP=share_btn_tw

[Graham C]

Needs a highly trained team of marines or someone like that to sneak in, assassinate and sneak out again.

[Woodsey]

'The Chinese are pissed off' – but what can Beijing do about North Korea?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/04/china-what-can-beijing-do-about-north-korea-donald-trump-kim-jong-un?CMP=share_btn_tw

Completely close the border to all people and goods in or out, that would snuff them out eventually.