INQUIRER.net: With test, North Korea threat looks more real

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With test, North Korea threat looks more real Feb 13th 2013, 03:15 WASHINGTON—With a defiant nuclear test, North Korea has shown it poses an increasingly credible threat but some doubt whether even the notoriously bellicose regime would ever use weapons of mass destruction.   North Korea said it had miniaturized a nuclear device -- critical to load a missile's warhead. Experts are assessing whether the test involved uranium, giving Pyongyang a new, easier-to-sustain method alongside its plutonium.   While much remains murky about North Korea's third nuclear test, analysts say North Korea succeeded in detonating a larger device, judging from the magnitude 5.1 seismic impact recorded Tuesday by nearby stations.   Col... Keep on reading: With test, North Korea threat looks more real Media files: north-korea-nuke.jpg (image/jpeg)

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