North Korea's May nuclear test few kilotons: U.S.

[Sing4Him]

North Korea's May nuclear test few kilotons: U.S.

Mon Jun 15, 2009 2:21pm EDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has determined that the nuclear test conducted by North Korea last month yielded an explosion of a few kilotons, the U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence said on Monday.

"The U.S. intelligence community assesses that North Korea probably conducted an underground nuclear explosion in the vicinity of Punggye on May 25, 2009," the office said in a statement. "The explosion yield was approximately a few kilotons."

North Korea's first nuclear test, in 2006, was about one kiloton.

Shortly after this year's blast, Russia said it estimated the explosion at about 20 kilotons, or about equal to the U.S. atom bomb dropped on Nagasaki in Japan in World War Two.

The Vienna-based Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization then assessed the strength of the test to be much smaller, saying it was just slightly larger than the 2006 test......

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE55E5BA20090615


not sure if I understand what a kiloton is.. :dontknow:

[gabby]

I'm hopelessly clueless understanding this technical jargon, but I'm curious about something with all this. Is NK part of the 'Kings from the East' of Revelation? I've always thought it was China, but I suppose these kings could be from any Asian nation..?

[Biblenuggetlady]

If NKorea is still a nation in the trib, I'd say they can be grouped in with China and the Asian nations and kings of the east. I have been watching NK as God could use this to break the wall down for the Gospel to get in. To me, that is the significance with NK. I keep watching to see how He glorifies Himself in this. The poor people of NK suffer so much from their seclusion.

[Biblenuggetlady]

Side note...regarding the Kings of the East and China. Some confuse the 200 million man army of Rev. 9 as being China. However, Rev. 9:14 is a demonic invasion and part of the 6th Trumpet judgment; later in Rev. 16:12 is the 6th Bowl judgment "that makes way for the kings of the east" to come to the battlefield of Armageddon. The latter is the human Kings of the East.

[Caver]

A slightly different take on the two NK nuclear detonations.....

This is my interpretation of some other evaluations of the two tests I've read elsewhere. Sorry, I can't remember the sources so can't provide the links or vouch for the historical accuracy.

The force of a small nuclear explosion would be required to produce the energy and force necessary to produce a much larger nuclear bomb type detonation. Some characterizations of the two previous NK detonations appear to be "trigger type" detonations that would be required to instigate one of the larger type nuclear reactions (I'm thinking hydrogen but not at all sure).

Not a pleasant thought.

[gabby]

I agree that the 200 million will be a demonic invasion. From my understanding of the text, it's clear that they will be demons, not mortals. I know many of my trusted teachers disagree with me on that one.

The Lord has laid on my heart to pray diligently for our brothers and sisters in NK. They are so persecuted..it's beyond words. Last night I started reading Richard Wurmbrand's (Voice of the Martyrs) Tortured for Christ. Oh, dear God! What our brothers and sisters suffer through. I couldn't sleep after reading it. He describes the persecuted church in Russia and Armenia...I've heard it's even worse, if one can imagine such a thing, in NK.

Kim Jung Il (sp?) is coming to the end of his life. He's a madman and the only hope (outside of Christ) I see is that he desires to leave his poor half-dead country to his son, which may mean he'll curb his insanity enough to not go past the point of no-return. Then again, I believe he's possessed by demons, and there's no telling how far that man may go. We need to be in prayer for our troops in South Korea ~ they are so close and there's just no telling what could happen. My son was stationed in South Korea...and I can't even imagine if he were there now.