North Korea just conducted another nuclear test

[Monoriu]

Say, bin laden buys a nuke from North Korea and detonates it in a US city.  What can the US do to prevent this?

[Tamas]

Say, bin laden buys a nuke from North Korea and deonates it in a US city.  What can the US do to prevent this?

[Ape]

Say, bin laden buys a nuke from North Korea and deonates it in a US city.  What can the US do to prevent this?

Nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure

[Monoriu]

All the US will know is that somebody detonated a nuke on US soil.  Is there any way to find out where that nuke is from?  It can come from a variety of sources, e.g. Pakistan, Iran, even Russia. 

[Tamas]

All the US will know is that somebody deonated a nuke on US soil.  Is there any way to find out where that nuke is from?  It can come from a variety of sources, e.g. Pakistan, Iran, even Russia.

AFAIK you can ID the mine the uranium was from.

[Josquius]

I wonder if they did it underground so it'd be hard for us to laugh at their teeny-tiny bomb this time.

[Monoriu]

I wonder if they did it underground so it'd be hard for us to laugh at their teeny-tiny bomb this time.

If they did it above ground I think China would have something to say about radiation poisoning - the site was very close to China. 

[Neil]

I wonder if they did it underground so it'd be hard for us to laugh at their teeny-tiny bomb this time.

If they did it above ground I think China would have something to say about radiation poisoning - the site was very close to China.

Why?  It's not like the Chinese care about their automatons anymore than I do.

[Maximus]

All the US will know is that somebody deonated a nuke on US soil.  Is there any way to find out where that nuke is from?  It can come from a variety of sources, e.g. Pakistan, Iran, even Russia.

AFAIK you can ID the mine the uranium was from.

Possibly the mine, pretty sure they can ID the reactor/enrichment facility. As long as they have a previous sample, of course

[jimmy olsen]

I wonder if they did it underground so it'd be hard for us to laugh at their teeny-tiny bomb this time.

I read it was 10 times as powerful as their last one.

[Josquius]

I wonder if they did it underground so it'd be hard for us to laugh at their teeny-tiny bomb this time.

I read it was 10 times as powerful as their last one.

So...nearly Hiroshima?

[jimmy olsen]

I wonder if they did it underground so it'd be hard for us to laugh at their teeny-tiny bomb this time.

I read it was 10 times as powerful as their last one.

So...nearly Hiroshima?

Pretty much

[Valmy]

If they did it above ground I think China would have something to say about radiation poisoning - the site was very close to China. 

So why doesn't China have anything to say about North Korea's nuclear program in the first place? 

North Korea will screw China over and China will like it just like usual.

[Ed Anger]

I just had a nuclear test in the bathroom.

[Siege]

All the US will know is that somebody deonated a nuke on US soil.  Is there any way to find out where that nuke is from?  It can come from a variety of sources, e.g. Pakistan, Iran, even Russia.

AFAIK you can ID the mine the uranium was from.

That's a myth to make the civilians feel safer in the certainty that IDing the nuke will work as a deterrance.