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Re: "earthquakes in north korea"

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Post by jsherry »

bluetidepro wrote: post #30

http://techcrunch.com/2013/02/11/how-the-nuke-from-n-koreas-... > " After measuring a 4.9 magnitude seismic event tonight, South Korea’s defence ministry confirmed that it was caused by an underground nuclear test. North Korea’s nuclear capability is estimated to be about 2 kilotons. " I'm not sure if this source is confirmed or not, but very interesting...

For point of reference, Little Boy (the bomb dropped on Hiroshima) was 16 kilotons and 90k+ people. I'm sure there are a ton of other factors besides kilotons that determine how destructive the bomb is, but it's a data point to understand the potential magnitude.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Boy

Re: "earthquakes in north korea"

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Post by mkoryak »

jsherry wrote: post #33
bluetidepro wrote: post #30

http://techcrunch.com/2013/02/11/how-the-nuke-from-n-koreas-... > " After measuring a 4.9 magnitude seismic event tonight, South Korea’s defence ministry confirmed that it was caused by an underground nuclear test. North Korea’s nuclear capability is estimated to be about 2 kilotons. " I'm not sure if this source is confirmed or not, but very interesting...

For point of reference, Little Boy (the bomb dropped on Hiroshima) was 16 kilotons and 90k+ people. I'm sure there are a ton of other factors besides kilotons that determine how destructive the bomb is, but it's a data point to understand the potential magnitude. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Boy

Terrain has a bigger impact on how destructive a bomb is. Fat Man was 21 kilotons and 'only' killed ~40k people.

Re: "earthquakes in north korea"

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Post by cantankerous »

benologist wrote: post #26
neya wrote: post #16

As you keep zooming out[1] of the location of this nuke, till you see atleast a whole portion of the earth, you will realize that the existence of this nuke (or the concept of where/how it will be used) is unnecessary. [1] http://goo.gl/maps/TNfuD (Thanks to HN user jonsherrard for the link)

I like how they hid it on Nuclear Test Road.

I think the name of that road could be user supplied data to Google through that collaborative mapping effort in North Korea. I could be wrong, though.

Re: "earthquakes in north korea"

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Post by [deleted] »

benologist wrote: post #26
neya wrote: post #16

As you keep zooming out[1] of the location of this nuke, till you see atleast a whole portion of the earth, you will realize that the existence of this nuke (or the concept of where/how it will be used) is unnecessary. [1] http://goo.gl/maps/TNfuD (Thanks to HN user jonsherrard for the link)

I like how they hid it on Nuclear Test Road.

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Re: "earthquakes in north korea"

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Post by cpleppert »

jsherry wrote: post #33
bluetidepro wrote: post #30

http://techcrunch.com/2013/02/11/how-the-nuke-from-n-koreas-... > " After measuring a 4.9 magnitude seismic event tonight, South Korea’s defence ministry confirmed that it was caused by an underground nuclear test. North Korea’s nuclear capability is estimated to be about 2 kilotons. " I'm not sure if this source is confirmed or not, but very interesting...

For point of reference, Little Boy (the bomb dropped on Hiroshima) was 16 kilotons and 90k+ people. I'm sure there are a ton of other factors besides kilotons that determine how destructive the bomb is, but it's a data point to understand the potential magnitude. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Boy

This is their third nuclear test and every single one has failed to cross the eight kiloton boundary at least. If this one is a plutonium weapon like the others it suggests that they are having major issues designing or fabricating the implosion lens around the nuclear material. It is quite striking that they keep conducting tests and reducing their usable nuclear stockpile further. It is almost like they don't have the capability to get a reliable warhead.
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