2006-10-13 10:49:58 · 8 answers · asked by john_robinson_78 1 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
No I don't believe that it was a hoax - but it may have been a failure - it's not so easy to get Plutonium to go critical. You have to detonate a very specialized conventional explosive all around it using very many points of detonation. So maybe they just got a conventional bang.
To make a hoax look like the real thing (never mind the lack of radiation), they would have to detonate well over 20,000 tons of explosive - that's not easy to achieve either!
2006-10-13 10:56:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not necessarily a hoax, but yes.
I thought it was a bit funny that the world still doesn't know for certain if Isreal has Nukes because while we assume that Israel tested their nukes quietly and that they do have them, Israel has never said so one way or the other.
Contrast that with North Korea who made so many very public announcements about having nukes. Why would they be so obvious about it if they were testing nukes? If they really had them, it would be smarter to be more secretive about it. Granted, that a crazy man may choose differently, but for the moment let's go with the simplest explanation, that they have no nukes.
I think that the answer is that North Kores is not testing nukes but are bluffing that they did, for some other reason. The question is, what does NK want? And what do they think they can get by pretending that they have nukes?
2006-10-13 10:57:04 · answer #2 · answered by norcalirish 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My bet is that they just set off a large conventional type explosion and are claiming that it was nuclear to gain what they perceive as the prestige of being a nuclear power. So yes, I think it was a hoax. Seems like I read that some of the seismic data was not consistent with a nuclear explosion due to the lack of a large initial spike as well.
2006-10-13 10:55:29 · answer #3 · answered by spirus40 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Starting to look real, the latest reports say radioactivity was found.
I wouldn't bet too much either way. South Korea and Russia have both said they believe Pyongyang detonated a nuclear device, though France has been highly sceptical.
2006-10-13 16:55:53 · answer #4 · answered by Eric 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
nicely i'm able to inform you that the CIA became effective that there have been weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, the place did this pass away you?? an excellent style of those excuses are used to transform your genuine interest to what's surely occurring. why are they stating the Iranian weapons situation now it became nicely common 6 months in the past that Iran helps some fractions in Iraq. awaken investigate WHAT rather concerns
2016-12-16 07:20:49 · answer #5 · answered by yakel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I bet I can guess how you vote.
2006-10-13 10:51:48 · answer #6 · answered by ♥ady_8e_80♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Starting to look that way, isn't it?
2006-10-13 10:57:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2006-10-13 19:54:53 · answer #8 · answered by acid tongue 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋