North Korea crisis: No nukes is good news

Well, it appears that North Korea may have been pulling the nuclear wool over our eyes.

From AP:

Results from an initial air sampling after North Korea's announced nuclear test showed no evidence of radioactive particles that would be expected from a successful nuclear detonation, a U.S. government intelligence official said Friday.

The test results do not necessarily mean the North Korean blast was not a nuclear explosion, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to disclose the sampling results.

The U.S. government remains uncertain of the nature of the underground explosion, officials said, although the air sampling tends to suggest that the test blast was not entirely successful.

The air sample was taken Tuesday by a specialized aircraft, the WC-135, flying from Kadena air base in Okinawa, Japan. It apparently took the air sample over the Sea of Japan, between the Korean mainland and Japan.

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