# North Korea nuclear test site

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**Created:** [March 7, 2022, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-nuclear-test-site/960614 "2022-03-07T15:33:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-nuclear-test-site/960614/1 "2022-03-07T15:33:30Z")

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As if we don’t have enough to worry about in Europe discourtesy of Czar Dobby, now North Korea apparently thinks this is a great time to rebuild a nuclear test site they allegedly shut down a few years ago.

> **[Photos show first work in years at North Korea nuke site, analysts say](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/new-satellite-photos-show-first-construction-years-north-korea-nuclear-rcna18911)**
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> Analysts say it's a worrying sign the country could be planning to resume testing atomic bombs after claiming to have destroyed the site in 2018.

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**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-nuclear-test-site/960614/2 "2022-03-07T16:18:33Z")

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> [@Seanette](#):
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> As if we don’t have enough to worry about in Europe discourtesy of Czar Dobby, now North Korea apparently thinks this is a great time to rebuild a nuclear test site they allegedly shut down a few years ago.

It is a great time; while your major enemy is busy with one fight, you can sharpen your shivs with impunity. And I’m sure China is loving this like a cat in the creamery. “We don’t have any control over Kim Jong-un,” says the only nation that will trade with North Korea.

I’m increasingly of the opinion that that international relations is like junior high school with nukes.

Stranger

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**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-nuclear-test-site/960614/3 "2022-03-07T16:19:04Z")

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> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#):
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> I’m increasingly of the opinion that that international relations is like junior high school with nukes.

Well put.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-nuclear-test-site/960614/4 "2022-03-07T23:59:22Z")

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I’m all for Kim testing nukes. He has a fairly limited supply of fissionable material, and so every nuke he tests is one he doesn’t have available to use as a weapon.

Assuming he’s capable of using any as a weapon, of course. His delivery systems are also somewhat lacking.

Kim’s real threat is all the conventional artillery he has aimed at Seoul. Anything shiny enough to distract him from that is a good thing.