north korea....
http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/consumera ... gpluto.htmstocktroll wrote:another thing i forgot to add:
the difference between the USA having nukes and North Korea or Iran having nukes is so huge it makes you a complete idiot to try to bring it up as if it means something
say what you want about the US but they are very responsible about nukes and know the consequences of nuclear war as much as anyone else can and will do as much as possible to prevent it (they know avg americans dont want to be nuked)
and i know some wise crack homo will always bring up hiroshima and nagasaki but thats like bringing up the holocaust from germany or japans abuse of the chinese around the same time: it has no reflection on those states right now and just makes you an idiot bringing it up
Los Alamos Missing Plutonium for 150 Nuclear Bombs
Watchdog groups claim 765 kilograms unaccounted for
Dateline: August 16, 2004
The beleaguered Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is unable to account for 765 kilograms of plutonium -- enough to make 150 nuclear weapons -- according to a letter from nuclear watchdog groups to LANL Director G. Peter Nanos.
According to the letter, "The Department of Energy (DOE) reported a discharge to waste from LANL of 610 kilograms of plutonium; Los Alamos indicates a figure of 1,375 kilograms . . . a discrepancy of 765 kilograms, the equivalent of 150 nuclear weapons. This is unacceptable by any imaginable standards and constitutes a crucial safety, environmental, and security issue."
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/st ... 01,00.html
this is so close to a declaration of war, - provided its not a newspaper beatup
this is so close to a declaration of war, - provided its not a newspaper beatup
"Liberty, what crimes are committed in your name."
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he still faces a general council vote but apparently he's heavily favoredseremtan wrote:S@M wrote:http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20566216-601,00.html
this is so close to a declaration of war, - provided its not a newspaper beatupeh? when was this decided?...Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon, who is about to become UN secretary-general.
Actually...Foo wrote:They could, but they wouldn't be able to mask the signature picked up on seismology equipment around the globe. A nuclear explosion develops quite differently to a 'conventional' detonation.R00k wrote:Besides, even if they were trying to bluff, they could produce a half-kiloton explosion with conventional weapons couldn't they?
Mr Acton said it was very difficult to tell the difference between a nuclear or a conventional explosion based on an earthquake measurement.
"At the moment, you would have to say the evidence of a nuclear test is inconclusive," he said.
France's Defence Minister Michele Alliot-Marie became the highest ranking government figure to express doubts about the test, speaking to French radio on Wednesday.
"Given its weakness, it is hard to say if it was an explosion with a very large amount of conventional explosive or indeed a nuclear explosion," she said.
"In any case, if this was a nuclear explosion, it would be a case of a failed explosion," she said.
