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JacktheCat · Joined: 08 May 2004

If the Northies do test a nuclear weapon, where would the fallout blow to?

What are the wind patterns like around here in Korea?

Derrek · Joined: 15 Jan 2003

http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/dprk/nuke-test.htm

"North Korea could conduct a nuclear weapons test without advance preparations beind detected by American intelligence.

According to an analysis by Satoshi Morimoto of Takushoku University, " ... carrying out nuclear tests inside North Korea would be an extremely sticky action. That is because this kind of nuclear testing could only be carried out underground. There is absolutely no way they could do in the air or above ground. Even with underground nuclear testing, you normally need a fifty to sixty kilometer square of desert for a nuclear test. In the U.S., this would be something like the Nevada desert. Unless you have the kind they have in India or Pakistan, you cannot do it. The reason for this is that the underground water system gets damaged. North Korea has a very abundant flow of underground water, and if you carry out an underground nuclear test in this kind of place, radioactive materials would get into the water supply for the whole of the Korean peninsula, and also flow out into the Sea of Japan. As a consequence, if there were any underground nuclear testing in the Korean peninsula, it would not be just the ecological system, but also the topography of the land that would be damaged. So, will they indeed carry out tests? I think they might somehow manage to borrow the Pakistani desert, or else carry out tests in another country. Still, this being North Korea, one can never know. If they did do that sort of nuclear test, then the U.S. would run out of patience."

JacktheCat · Joined: 08 May 2004

That's what I was thinking about Derreck.

This is a small, crowded pennisula and lighting off a nuclear weapon, whether above or below ground, is going to have a lot of negative ecological affects and irradiate a lot of people.

Where's the safest place to be in Korea if, or when, it happens?

Derrek · Joined: 15 Jan 2003

I'm seriously wondering if I should fill my closet with bottled water after reading that one.

Manner of Speaking · Joined: 09 Jan 2003

kprrok · Joined: 06 Apr 2004 Location: KC

inkoreaforgood · Joined: 15 Dec 2003 Location: Inchon

When this happens, I'm going to get my neighbours to stick their fans outside and point them towards North Korea. Maybe we can blow it back on them... Wink

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

It isn't just the North you have to worry about. Back in about '96 or '97 some of the research institutes in Taejon that use radioactive materials in their research were just dumping the stuff out the window. It got into those springs where you take your jug and fill up with free water. Oops.

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JongnoGuru · Joined: 25 May 2004 Location: peeing on your doorstep

I didn't have a Last Will & Testament back in 1994, when the Norks got nasty. Quite a number of Canadians evacuated their wives, babies and girlfriends then. Dependents of other countries left too. One Canadian I knew who sent his family home asked me if I had a Will. It annoyed me, because I didn't.

I have one this time. It's in safekeeping overseas. People know where to find it and what to do. It's not pleasant, but there's never a bad time to get these things in order and updated.

Hollywoodaction · Joined: 02 Jul 2004

joe_doufu · Joined: 09 May 2005 Location: Elsewhere

I think maybe Uncle Sam is waiting for NK to test its nuke, so that there's one fewer that must be found and neutralized in the first ten minutes of "shock and awe".