The Shot Barely Detected Around the World

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Apparently North Korea DID test an atomic bomb but it looks like not all went well during that test.

U.S. intelligence confirmed today that North Korea conducted a nuclear test on Oct. 9, saying that "radioactive debris" was detected in air samples from a relatively small atomic blast.

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There was no immediate official explanation for the relatively small size of the nuclear blast, which was many times smaller than the explosions from the atomic bombs dropped on Japan at the end of World War II.

Maybe they just kind of suck at bomb building like they suck at most things. This is certainly the worst showing of any nation just entering the nuclear club.

Meanwhile, sanctions are going into effect against NK. The most devastating may be the embargo on luxury goods of which leader Kim Jong Il is so fond.