oct 1, 2006 - North Korea's First Nuclear Test Viewpoints and Connection
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North Korea’s Kim Jong-il claims the country set off its first nuclear test, thereby becoming the eighth country in history to join the club of nuclear weapons states. It is, perhaps the most unstable of the group. The Bush administration says it has little reason to doubt the announcement and warned the test would usher a new era of confrontation with the isolated and unpredictable country run by Kim Jong-il. For American citizens, the test reveals North Korea is another step closer to the possibility of developing weapons capable of reaching the United States.
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