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skyman8081:
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Authorities are saying that there is a POSSIBLE nuclear explosion in North Korea.

Only a blast, and a mushroom cloud ~2 mi. in diameter have been confirmed.

Keep in mind there was a possible false alarm on a nuclear explosion in 1979 with a South African nuke:
The 1979 Vela Incident
Many people think that it was lightning, and the South African government has denied ever setting off a nuclear weapon.

[ September 12, 2004: Message edited by: Agent Sauron ]

worker201:
Any country that feels the need to defend itself from atomically active countries ought to have the right to develop its own nuclear program.   We (US) have no one but ourselves to blame.

mobrien_12:
The North Korean leaders would be smoking crack to do an above ground nuke test... spread radiation all over their tiny little country and kill many poor N. Korean people and damage their DNA.  :(  

I hope that it is a huge chemical explosion.

mobrien_12:

quote:Originally posted by worker201:
Any country that feels the need to defend itself from atomically active countries ought to have the right to develop its own nuclear program.   We (US) have no one but ourselves to blame.
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I cannot agree with you.  Nuclear weapons are real fist-of-God stuff.  Simply "feeling the need to defend itself" doesn't give one the right to play with that kind of power.  By that criterion, any paranoid dictator has the right to develop nuclear weapons.

The US did have the right to develop Nuclear Weapons (NW) because Hitler was developing them and damned well WOULD have used them.

worker201:
But


How is that situation any different?

 
quote: The US did have the right to develop Nuclear Weapons (NW) because Hitler was developing them and damned well WOULD have used them
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Compare:

North Korea did have the right to develop Nuclear Weapons (NW) because the US was developing them and damned well WOULD have used them.

Not that we would (hopefully), but I get the impression that North Koreans are very afraid of the US.  Are we scary?  I don't think so, but I do think that all countries ought to have the right to defend themselves as they see fit.  If playing on a level field with one's percieved enemy is required, then so be it.  I don't personally agree, and I would prefer they fly planes into tall buildings than develop nuclear weapons.  But it's a complicated world.

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