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“We have assessed that the explosion in North Korea was a sub-kiloton explosion,” said the intelligence official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue. He added, “We don’t know, in fact, whether it was a nuclear explosion.”

The American assessment of the blast contrasted with that of Russia, whose defense minister, Sergei Ivanov, told the ITAR-TASS news agency that the Moscow government believed the strength of the weapon was from 5 to 15 kilotons.

Чего-то я не пойму. Я думал, атомные взрывы регистрируются сейсмостанциями, и там все должно быть ясно. Тем более, Япония недалеко, приборы-шмиборы, кое-какая точность имеется. Теперь что же, после ЦРУ и Ирака даже такие простые вещи перешли в область политической риторики?
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