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UN Security Council Warns N.Korea Against Any Further Provocations
2016-04-20
The UN Security Council on Friday issued a press statement condemning North Korea's launch of a ballistic missile as a violation of UNSC resolutions. The UNSC warned Pyongyang of strong measures should it carry out any further provocations including a nuclear test or missile launch.

A UNSC press statement is a less severe measure than a resolution or presidential statement.
Way, way less severe...
But it is considered an important tool allowing UNSC members to present a united front on an issue of particular importance.

While it stopped short of calling a meeting, the UNSC adopted the press statement immediately after the North launched the missile from a site on its eastern coast last Friday.

Although the North's latest ballistic missile launch was a failure, "this attempt constituted a clear violation of UN Security Council resolutions," the statement says. It also points out that UNSC resolutions on North Korean nuclear tests and missile launches, adopted on five occasions from 2006 through March this year, prohibit the country from test-launching ballistic missiles, regardless of their range.
Worked well, huh...
Posted by:Steve White

#9  "Ship lost at sea, or plane down. Your pick"
Posted by: Frank G   2016-04-20 19:27  

#8  Possibly, then the NorKs are doing research on behalf of (order of likelihood) Iran, China, or Pakistan.

So the Iranians won't even have to build their own. They can just buy it from the NORKs, especially with the money Obummer gave them, and Pudgy will be happy to pocket the profit.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2016-04-20 19:17  

#7  May not be a hydrogen bomb, but rather a 'boosted' nuke:

According to Bhupendra Jasani, a nuclear physicist at King’s College London, instead of working on hydrogen bombs, countries like India and Pakistan are probably working on “boosted” atomic bombs.

A boosted weapon is one that packs more punch by using a higher proportion of its own nuclear fuel; although the Hiroshima bomb caused so much destruction, it used merely 1.4% of the uranium put in it. One way to do this is to put some fusion fuel at the core of an atomic bomb. This mixture of deuterium and tritium is compressed to create a fusion reaction. This produces more neutrons, which then enhance the chain reaction of the fission fuel. In other words, you use an atom bomb to set off a tiny hydrogen bomb which in turn ratchets up the atom bomb.

Jasani thinks, therefore, that North Korea’s claimed “hydrogen bomb” was really an attempt to test a boosted atomic bomb. The seismometer readings suggest that the bomb North Korea tested was in the range of what atomic bombs can yield, rather than what hydrogen bombs usually yield.

Possibly, then the NorKs are doing research on behalf of (order of likelihood) Iran, China, or Pakistan.
Posted by: Pappy   2016-04-20 18:36  

#6  I cannot help but wonder, where are the NKs getting their expertise from? More likely China is using NK as a test ground to further develop their own Nuclear bomb technology. A major flag is NK claiming to have hydrogen bomb technology. H bombs are extremely difficult to build and deploy

China, OTOH does have the expertise and technology, they just need a place to test them out.

Just my thoughts.
Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance   2016-04-20 17:09  

#5  Squad Leader: Maniac has responded with a scornful remark.

automated assistant: Approach, and repeat ultimatum in an even firmer tone of voice. Add the words, "or else".
Posted by: European Conservative   2016-04-20 16:22  

#4  We'll be very, very angry.

And we will write a memo stating how angry we are. - Hauns Bwicks
Posted by: DarthVader   2016-04-20 11:54  

#3  That must sting. /s
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2016-04-20 11:40  

#2  Still a ways to go before the "strongly worded memo".

Maybe there's a sternly worded phone call first.

Long, long way to go to get to the red-line.
Posted by: AlanC   2016-04-20 08:27  

#1  Strong Measures eh?

Must mean a strongly worded letter in red ink! Oh the horrors!
Posted by: Omolet Clavigum3940   2016-04-20 00:42  

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