N Korean nuclear test may have been a dud

[White trash wagon]

NEW YORK (CNN) -- The United States believes North Korea attempted to detonate a nuclear device and that "something went wrong," a U.S. government official told CNN Tuesday.

The official confirmed North Korea informed the Chinese government prior to the test that it would be a 4 kiloton nuclear device.

The official added that the unexpectedly small blast, of a half kiloton or less, indicated "something went wrong."

Nuclear tests in 1998 by India and Pakistan were about 24 to 50 times as powerful - or in the 15 kiloton range, according to the Federation of American Scientists.

The United States still cannot say for sure the underground detonation was a nuclear blast; the working assumption is that it was, but not very successful, the official said. (Dud or deception? Read the full story)

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/10/10/korea.nuclear.test/index.html

Scott

[Ted]

Was it The Dude?

[Trip McNeely]

You think thats true, or do you think the we are trying to devulge into pyschological warfare and piss off NK even more, by saying their test was a complete and utter failure?

[White trash wagon]

You think thats true, or do you think the we are trying to devulge into pyschological warfare and piss off NK even more, by saying their test was a complete and utter failure?

NK will claim it was a complete success, not matter what. They claimed all thier missile test a few months ago were a complete success. Actually all the long range missiles crash seconds after launch.

[GhostTX]

Of course...gotta keep the masses with the help of government media appeased under the guise that Kim is the greatest thing since sliced bread.