Take a breath, exhale, then take another
by Jack GrantWhile I have been among the more vocal in saying we need to take some kind of action regarding North Korea and their nuclear weapons program, the data from a mushroom cloud reported in the north of that country on September 9 need to be studied before we reach the conclusion that North Korea performed a nuclear weapon test. Contrary to popular belief, mushroom clouds can be created under more circumstances than a nuclear explosion. Taking a few days to let experts analyze data will not harm us, and it will allow us time to think about the proper reaction if it was indeed a nuclear test.
While weblogs have many admirable qualities, proportionate and reasonable reactions to events are not among them.
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Everything I’ve seen on the subject talks to a large conventional explosion.
Ammo dump? Mebbe. Large earthmoving project, also mebbe.
Nuke? Not likely, that close to China. Surface or air blast, even less likely a testing mechanism unless the NKs are compleat idiots. If it was a surface or near surface blast, the Japanese would have been squawking by now.
If we had any of the right sattellites looking in that direction - we already know.
And what were we going to do in the short-term, other than tut-tut, anyway?
By John of Argghhh! on 09.13.04 21:19
And, in case it wasn’t obvious - the snark at the end of the previous comments was aimed at the hyperventilators, not Jack.
By John of Argghhh! on 09.13.04 21:41