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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts) Sat May 12, 2018, 06:37 PM May 2018

Trump thanks N.K. for saying it will dismantle nuclear test site ...

Trump thanks North Korea for saying it will dismantle nuclear test site ahead of summit

"Thank you, a very smart and gracious gesture!" President Donald Trump wrote in a tweet Saturday evening.

In a statement carried by state media, North Korea's Foreign Ministry said that all of the tunnels at the country's northeastern testing ground will be destroyed by explosion, and that observation and research facilities and ground-based guard units will also be removed.

Kim had already revealed plans to shut down the test site by the end of May during his summit with South Korean President Moon Jae-in last month. Analysts say that while the closure of the site is important, it doesn't represent a material step toward full denuclearization.

The North plans to invite journalists from the United States, South Korea, China, Russia and Britain to witness the dismantling process, the Foreign Ministry's statement said.
"A ceremony for dismantling the nuclear test ground is now scheduled between May 23 and 25," depending on weather conditions, it said.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/trump-thanks-north-korea-saying-it-will-dismantle-nuclear-test-n873666

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Trump thanks N.K. for saying it will dismantle nuclear test site ... (Original Post) left-of-center2012 May 2018 OP

That's embarrassing. Does he plan to kiss Un's ass at the summit as well? Chemisse May 2018 #1

So they will dismantle the site that already dismantled itself??? dameatball May 2018 #2

Yup! They used a 100Kton explosion. longship May 2018 #3

Chemisse

(30,811 posts)

1. That's embarrassing. Does he plan to kiss Un's ass at the summit as well?

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Sat May 12, 2018, 06:39 PM

May 2018

He certainly has given up all the power in this 'negotiation.'

dameatball

(7,398 posts)

2. So they will dismantle the site that already dismantled itself???

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Sat May 12, 2018, 06:41 PM

May 2018

longship

(40,416 posts)

3. Yup! They used a 100Kton explosion.

Reply to dameatball (Reply #2)

Sat May 12, 2018, 07:00 PM

May 2018

I guess that they finally got the initiator to work correctly. Gotta have a few slow neutrons to start the chain reaction. Failing that, one gets no nuke detonation; the assembly blows itself apart before the chain reaction gets going. It fizzles.

All the DPRK's first tests were subnuclear yields.

The last test destroyed their test facility. At 100Ktons, it is apparent that the damned thing ran away from them.

They're going to stop nuke tests because they have no choice but to do that.

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