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| North Korea 'building tunnel for third nuclear test' |
| 2012-04-09 |
| North Korea is digging an underground tunnel in apparent preparation for a new nuclear test, intelligence reports have claimed. Satellite images depict mounds of earth piled at the entrance of a tunnel at a site in northeast Punggye-ri, where two controversial nuclear tests were conducted in 2006 and 2009. Observers fear that the creation of a new tunnel could indicate North Korea's intentions to conduct a third underground nuclear test, a move which would ignite widespread international criticism. "North Korea is covertly preparing for a third nuclear test, which would be another grave provocation," said a report compiled by South Korean intelligence officers and obtained by The Associated Press. "North Korea is digging up a new underground tunnel at the Punggye-ri nuclear test site, in addition to its existing two underground tunnels, and it has been confirmed that the excavation works are in the final stages." Suspicions surrounding the possibility of a new nuclear test coincided with peaking regional tensions as North Korea counts down to this week's launch of an observation satellite using a three-stage rocket. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #2 The DPRK's Nukes are deemed a threat, in pqrt, beacuse few iff any in NE + East Asia or the US-West actually believe the North's NucProgs, etc, TACTICAL OR STRATEGIC, are outside of China's direct knowledge + ultimately its control, + HAS BEEN SINCE THE SINO-SOVIET SPLIT. IOW, A NOKOR-SPECIFIC NUKE TEST(S) = SAME OR SYNONYMOUS WID AN "UN-ADMITTED/SECRET" CHINESE CONTROLLED OR ALLOWED NUKE TEST. As per CHIN MIL FOARUMS/BLOGS, both Perts + Posters are calling on Beijing to be unilater willing to wage MAJOR WAR to secure its interests + disputed territories in the East + South China Seas, etc., espec iff its policy of "Soft Power/Diplomacy" = Geopol Compromise fails to resolve the issues of sovereignty. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-04-09 22:40 |
| #1 How many Iranians on site? |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2012-04-09 20:18 |