Test nucleare effettuato dai Nordcoreani

[Lorenzo]

Alle parole sono seguiti i fatti....

North Korea successfully conducted an underground nuclear test on October 9, the Central News Agency of North Korea said. There is no threat of radioactive contamination as a result of the test, the agency reported.
The nuclear test was conducted on October 9 at 106 a.m. local time in the north-east of the country, South Korean Defense Ministry officials said. The underground nuclear blast triggered a 3.58 magnitude earthquake, the South Korean intelligence said.

A high-ranking officials of the US administration confirmed that North Korea had tested nuclear weapons. The official added that the US government had been warned about the imminent nuclear tests in North Korea. The Pentagon is currently trying to specify the technical description of the nuclear blast.

Japan believes that claimed nuclear test poses a serious danger to the Asian region and the world stability in particular.

Japanese Foreign Minister said Monday that he and his South Korean and U.S. counterparts agreed during a teleconference to work closely on a response to North Korea's claimed nuclear test. "If the test was true, it will severely endanger not only Northeast Asia but also the world stability," he said. "We will closely coordinate and firmly deal with the situation," Minister Taro Aso said.

The news about the nuclear test appeared soon after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in South Korea. Abe said that North Korea would never apologize for the nuclear bomb test.

The U.S. Geological Survey said it recorded a seismic event with a preliminary magnitude of 4.2 in northeastern North Korea that coincided with the country's announced nuclear test.

The Colorado-based agency was unable to tell whether the event was the result of an atomic explosion or a natural earthquake, USGS official Bruce Presgrave said.

"At this magnitude, we can't tell whether it's a small earthquake or something else, like an explosion," Presgrave said.

Australia also said there was seismic confirmation that North Korea conducted a nuclear test.

Lorenzo
Miles Insulae

[No Man's Land]

La politica del "fatto compiuto" è maledettamente efficace in diplomazia...

[Lorenzo]

La potenza dell'esplosione è stata di 0,55 Kt, secondo quanto afferma le Figaro, vi posto l'articolo:

Une secousse sismique a été détectée vers 3 heures 35 (heure française) par les services de renseignements sud-coréens, et confirmée par l'Institut national de géophysique américain (USGS). Selon les Etats-Unis, elle s'est produite à 385 kilomètres au nord-est de Pyongyang, à une profondeur faible. Un institut sismique japonaise a lui aussi démontré cette secousse. Tony Snow, le porte-parole de la présidence américaine, a confirmé un « évènement sismique ». Pour un général russe, le test nucléaire est « 100% certain ». Les scientifiques sud-coréens ont livré une première estimation de la puissance de la bombé testée : elle serait équivalente à 550 tonnes de TNT. « La particularité des ondes sismiques détectées indique qu'il s'agissait d'une explosion artificielle, et non d'un tremblement de terre», assure les chercheurs de Séoul.
Selon les renseignements sud-coréens, le test aurait été effectué dans un tunnel horizontal creusé dans une colinne de 360 mètres de haut, sur le site militaire de Musudan. Aucune radioactivité n'a été détecté dans la région, mais de sérieux doutes pèsent sur la capacité nord-coréenne a sécuriser ses essais.
La Corée du Nord avait annoncé mardi qu'elle procèderait à un essai nucléaire. Elle s'était déjà déclarée en février 2005 la huitième puissance nucléaire mondiale, après les Etats-Unis, la Russie, la France, la Grande-Bretagne, la Chine, l'Inde et le Pakistan, sans confirmer ce statut par un essai nucléaire.

Lorenzo
Miles Insulae

[stuart mill]

la corea del nord fa il suo primo test atomico
North Korea carried out an underground nuclear test on Monday, North Korea's Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.
The test was carried out at 0706 hrs IST in Hwaderi near Kilju city.
"Our science research section has safely and successfully conducted an underground nuclear test on October 9," it said.
It added that there was no leak or danger from the test.
South Korea's presidential Blue House said a tremor had been detected in North Korea on Monday.
It said South Korea's Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources had detected a tremor of a magnitude 3.58 to 3.7 at 07.00 am.
Officials in neighbouring Japan and China had no immediate comment on the reports.
North Korea had announced last week that it would test a nuclear device saying its hand was forced by what it called US threats of nuclear war and economic sanctions. But it said it would not be the first to use a nuclear weapon.
Following the announcement, South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun held an emergency meeting of top security officials at the Blue House.
Tokyo backs a hard line toward Pyongyang, while Seoul and Beijing - leery of instability on the peninsula - have previously cautioned against backing the North into a corner.
However, all three agree that Pyongyang should end its nearly year-long boycott of six-country talks on ending its nuclear weapons program.
Analysts say North Korea probably has enough fissile material to make six to eight nuclear bombs, but probably does not have the technology to devise one small enough to mount on a missile.

[stuart mill]

India deplores North Korea's nuclear tests
India on Monday deplored the nuclear test carried out by North Korea saying it jeopardised peace and stability in the region. New Delhi said the test highlights "dangers of clandestine proliferation".
"We are deeply concerned at the reported nuclear tests," External Affairs Ministry spokesman Navtej Sarna said.
"It is unfortunate that DPRK has conducted such a test in violation of its international commitments, jeopardising peace, stability and security on the Korean peninsula and in the region," he added.
He said New Delhi was monitoring the situation and was in close touch with several countries.

[ART]

Secondo Gary Gibson del Centro di ricerca sismologica australiano l'esplosione sarebbe stata di circa 1 kiloton.

[larth (POL)]

0.5-1KT ? sarebbe solo un paio di etti di plutonio ...quindi la tecnologia di miniaturizzazione sarebbe avanzatissima...

la francia per arrivare a quei livelli ( se ci e' arrivata ..) ha fatto centinaia di "superbuchi" a mururoa...

se e' cosi' .. ahiahiahiahi signora longari .. di sicuro in asia ," il " nuovo secolo americano " si e' aperto con qualche GROOOOSSO problema ....

ma noo magari il test e' fallito e gli 0.5 KT era solo lo scoppio dei un grossolano innesco fatto con 500 tonnelate di tritolo ...

[RUS]

speriamo che serva a distogliere l'attenzione dei media dalla Russia.

[sunrise (POL)]

Condanna unanime a Pyongyang
Gli Usa: "E' una provocazione

premetto che quello fa la corea del nord e una stronzata... ma poi gli americani che parlano a fare? proprio loro? lo stato capo di tutte le nazioni atomiche.... comincino ad essere d'esempio e di cominciare loro a distruggerle tutte...

[lovecraft]

speriamo che serva a distogliere l'attenzione dei media dalla Russia.

Adesso ti spaventa anche l'attenzione dei media sulla Russia?