| Will the nuclear weapons testing in early October | | | | option is off the table for them. Both Japanese |
| of 2006 in North Korea become a new weapons | | | | and Chinese leaders and have already warned |
| exporting industry for that nation? It is well-known | | | | North Korea not to do the nuclear weapons test |
| in intelligence circles, the State Department and | | | | and they did anyway. |
| the United States Pentagon that North Korea has | | | | North Korea is claiming that they did the nuclear |
| enough plutonium to make 5 Nuclear Bombs. Does | | | | weapons test to build up its defense to prevent |
| this escalating problem signal a failure of | | | | any US invasion of their nation. This of course is |
| International Community, as North Korea's nuclear | | | | rhetoric; nevertheless North Korea is also claiming |
| test underground registered an earthquake of 3.5 | | | | that the underground test allowed for no leakage |
| on the Richter Scale in Northern North Korea. | | | | of radioactive material that could cause fallout. |
| What options does the world have? Can the | | | | Since we know that North Korea and Iran have |
| United States Eisenhower battle group stage a | | | | already met it makes sense that Iran will be the |
| Blockade to prevent the exporting of nuclear | | | | first buyer of these nuclear weapons if North |
| weapons? What about sanctions? Well, Japan has | | | | Korea decides to export them. Perhaps we might |
| already applied sanctions to North Korea so that | | | | want to consider all this in 2006. |