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China-Japan-Koreas
N.Korea's Nuke Test Cost ~$5 Million
2016-09-14
North Korea spent an estimated US$5 million on its fifth nuclear test on Friday, the National Intelligence Service here said Sunday.
And how many lives? How many put into the Nork gulag?
The estimate was leaked by a lawmaker on the National Assembly's intelligence Committee, which was briefed by the NIS right after the test. The lawmaker added, "Given intensity of the test, that was a very small amount of money."

Most of the money was apparently spent on acquiring the raw materials and on manufacturing the device.

The NIS said there are two or three more tunnels at the Punggye-ri test site that can be used at any time to conduct more nuclear tests, according to another lawmaker.

A government source here explained that North Korea spent around W1 trillion digging several tunnels in Punggye-ri, so it can now conduct more nuclear tests quite cheaply (US$1=W1,102).
Posted by:Steve White

#3  Paid for through US cash to Iran is my guess.
Posted by: Alaska Paul    2016-09-14 10:23  

#2  A deep penetrating rail gun projectile would put an end to this rather quickly.

I saw formula that determined how deep such a projectile could go and 50 to 100 feet was the range.
Posted by: phil_b   2016-09-14 07:44  

#1  I won't believe it until I see the pallet of cash that paid for it by the Obama administration.

Early morning snark O'The Day
Posted by: Raj   2016-09-14 00:52  

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