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2010 Korea bomb 'tests' probably false alarms, says study

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  2010 Korea bomb 'tests' probably false alarms, says study Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2016-01-06 21:01 -0600
    Re: 2010 Korea bomb 'tests' probably false alarms, says study Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2016-01-06 22:12 -0600
    Re: 2010 Korea bomb 'tests' probably false alarms, says study jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-01-07 05:12 +0000

#543601 — 2010 Korea bomb 'tests' probably false alarms, says study

2010 Korea bomb 'tests' probably false alarms, says study
> http://phys.org/news/2012-10-korea-false-alarms.html


> Many experts quickly expressed skepticism, as there was no public
> evidence of seismic waves normally linked to such explosions;
> however, since then, tensions have continued to rise. In August,
> defense analysts warned that North Korea had made significant
> progress on a plant to produce highly enriched uranium, suitable for
> bombs. And lately, there have been increasing calls for pre-emptive
> attacks by the United States or Israel to keep Iran from developing a
> bomb.
>
> "The recent claim of nuclear testing in 2010 has led to publicity
> that could be very dangerous at a time when so much belligerence is
> in the air," said Paul G. Richards, a coauthor of the new paper.
> "There could be consequences to a false alarm—you could start a war."
> Richards and his coauthors, seismologists David P. Schaff and
> Won-Young Kim, say in their paper, "It is important to find
> confirming evidence for such a serious claim and thus build up
> support for it, or to find objective and contrary evidence and thus
> help make the case that the claim is invalid."



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On 1/6/2016 9:01 PM, Sam Wormley wrote:
> 2010 Korea bomb 'tests' probably false alarms, says study
>> http://phys.org/news/2012-10-korea-false-alarms.html
>
>
>> Many experts quickly expressed skepticism, as there was no public
>> evidence of seismic waves normally linked to such explosions;

yes there was.


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Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2010 Korea bomb 'tests' probably false alarms, says study
>> http://phys.org/news/2012-10-korea-false-alarms.html
> 
> 
>> Many experts quickly expressed skepticism, as there was no public
>> evidence of seismic waves normally linked to such explosions;
>> however, since then, tensions have continued to rise. In August,
>> defense analysts warned that North Korea had made significant
>> progress on a plant to produce highly enriched uranium, suitable for
>> bombs. And lately, there have been increasing calls for pre-emptive
>> attacks by the United States or Israel to keep Iran from developing a
>> bomb.
>>
>> "The recent claim of nuclear testing in 2010 has led to publicity
>> that could be very dangerous at a time when so much belligerence is
>> in the air," said Paul G. Richards, a coauthor of the new paper.
>> "There could be consequences to a false alarm?you could start a war."
>> Richards and his coauthors, seismologists David P. Schaff and
>> Won-Young Kim, say in their paper, "It is important to find
>> confirming evidence for such a serious claim and thus build up
>> support for it, or to find objective and contrary evidence and thus
>> help make the case that the claim is invalid."
 
Fucking nonsense.

The explosion registered all over the world and even got Lucy Jones
another media moment.

The only false alarm was the North Korean claim that it was a working
hydrogen bomb; the seismic was that of something in the low kiloton
range. 
 

-- 
Jim Pennino

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