World North Korea conducts nuclear test

[Wiseman_2]

North Korea says it has staged a "successful" underground nuclear test, prompting international condemnation.

The state says it was more powerful than the previous one in October 2006.

A number of external agencies have confirmed a powerful explosion took place, suspected to be associated with a nuclear test.

US President Barack Obama described the North Korean action as a threat to international peace. Crisis talks were being held in South Korea.

An emergency session of the UN Security Council is being convened by Russia, which currently occupies the council's rotating presidency.

BBC world affairs correspondent David Loyn says North Korea appears to have moved from a posture of negotiation to confrontation over the nuclear issue.

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BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | North Korea conducts nuclear test

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[seph ir oth]

How to solve this problem: Have South Korea challenge North Korea to a Starcraft tournament for control of both countries. We all know who'd win that. :thup:

 

[Varine]

Or alternately we just wait for them to fuck up one of these tests and blow themselves up?

 

[UndeadDragon]

How to solve this problem: Have South Korea challenge North Korea to a Starcraft tournament for control of both countries. We all know who'd win that. :thup:

This.

 

[FireCat]

This f*cking nuclear test

 

[Wiseman_2]

But they make such pretty mushroom clouds!

 

[Effane]

Just let them have the nukes. They are only the 5th or 6th largest seller of weapons in the world, but no one wants to buy nukes so its all good.

Seriously though, the US cant deal with this alone. So what does it matter. The current world condition is ripe for something really nasty, and maybe it will be a better lesson to us than other wars.

 

[Wiseman_2]

They are only the 5th or 6th largest seller of weapons in the world, but no one wants to buy nukes so its all good.

Might I point you to a bearded bloke hiding in a cave in the middle east?

 

[Varine]

Just let them have the nukes. They are only the 5th or 6th largest seller of weapons in the world, but no one wants to buy nukes so its all good.

Seriously though, the US cant deal with this alone. So what does it matter. The current world condition is ripe for something really nasty, and maybe it will be a better lesson to us than other wars.

Uhh... yeah we can.

 

[Azlier]

The US can't fight back if they have no real surviving government.

 

[Varine]

The US can't fight back if they have no real surviving government.

The structure of our government and military is pretty in depth. A nuclear blast isn't going to change that, and even if the government did collapse, if the military is still surviving the ranking person will probably take command and destroy them. And I'm failing to see how they are going to make the government collapse.