Sunday, October 22, 2017

If North Korea Goes Ahead With Its Threat To Do An Above-Ground Nuclear Test, This Is How It Would Go Down

Alex Lockie, Aol/Business Insider: North Korea has been threatening an aboveground nuclear detonation — here's how it could go down

* North Korea has threatened to detonate a nuclear device aboveground.
* Such a test could turn China, and the world, against it.
* The US may even strike to prevent it, but North Korea may do it anyway.

North Korea recently repeated its threat to test a nuclear device aboveground, in what would be its most dangerous and provocative move ever, unleashing a massive explosion and hale of radiation that could turn the world decisively against it.

After President Donald Trump threatened to "totally destroy" North Korea if provoked, Pyongyang responded by saying it may test "an unprecedented scale hydrogen bomb," which experts interpreted as possibly meaning a detonation of a nuclear-armed missile above the Pacific.

But regardless of what Trump says, North Korea has reasons to test aboveground.

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WNU Editor: If North Korea wants to freak out the world .... specifically it's neighbors (China, South Korea, Japan, and Russia) .... it would be to detonate an above-ground hydrogen bomb. I can easily see the reaction right now. The leaders would be beyond upset and angry, but the public in all of these countries would be beyond livid. Complete and total sanctions by every neighboring country would be the immediate action. A naval blockade would be next. And expect the biggest arms buildup on the borders of North Korea in a manner that has not been seen for generations.

11 comments:

Alex said...

WNU: If your judgement is right, and I think that it is, what would be the motivation for NorK to follow through on this test? Wouldn't they be crossing a threshold that no longer serves their interests? Or is it safe to guess that the won't conduct an above ground test (for the time being)?

War News Updates Editor said...

Alex. There is no motivation for them to do such a test. But I say this knowing to well that Kim Jong-UN lives in a bubble, and God only knows what is going on in his mind.

Alex said...

WNU: Thanks for the reply. I guess we are going to find out.

Unknown said...

I hope they do an aboveground test.

Otherwise smart politicians will do their best to slowly screw over their countries as if they were frogs in a pot on a stove and they were slowly turning the gas up on themselves.

Palavering is how people like John Kerry burn calories.

James said...

Looks like I'll have to go to the:
https://youtu.be/4h7X0QyhonE

fazman said...

It looks like they have ruined their underground test site, and as they need further tests an above ground test may well be required by default.
Isn't completing his weapons programme motivation enough?

D.Plowman said...

An above ground test would be a massive game changer. It would force Russia and China to shift their perception, less they become increasingly isolated in their calls for 'dialogue' with North Korea.

Anonymous said...

OK let me be controversial.
1. There will be an above ground test
2. Nothing will change. China will still come to their help in case the US attacks

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