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   "George Orwell"  wrote in message   
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   > North Korea has gone from a perceived feared military power to the world's   
   > biggest laughing stock after its so-called nuclear test.  It was a total   
   > dud.  A partial "fizzle", at best, in the lingo of atomic scientists.   
   >   
   > The fact that it was an underground test only reinforces the technical   
   > ineptitude and political clumsiness of this backward dictatorship state.   
   > Any country that wishes to make an impressive demonstration for the world   
   > audience chooses an atmospheric detonation, with its glorious heat,   
   > radiation and blast for all to see and measure its power.  An underground   
   > blast only causes enough rumble to ruffle the dust, even if it comes up to   
   > designed power.  But to make an atmospheric test requires confidence that   
   > the thing will actually explode with a solid nuclear bang.  N.K. didn't   
   > have that confidence and its underground fizzle adequately puts their four   
   > ton radioactive toy in its proper place.  A single B-52 bomber loaded with   
   > smart conventional weapons is capable of a larger destruction radius than   
   > this N.K. joke of a bomb.   
   >   
   > North Korea has proven to the world that it has a heavy, undeliverable   
   > nuke   
   > without an atomic bang for all its political capital expended, not to   
   > mention scarce resources.  What fools they are for they achieved nothing   
   > except military embarassment.  The world now knows they are all bluster   
   > and   
   > threats with no real atomic capability and their rockets are just as   
   > ineffective.   
   >   
   > It will be interesting to see what the Leader will now do.  How many PRNK   
   > scientists and technicians do you suppose he will ordered executed for   
   > their failure to deliver as promised causing nothing but disgrace and   
   > ridicule to befall Kim?   
   >   
   The regime is in trouble and Kim is running out of options. Who knows what   
   will happen next...   
      
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