"...North Korea’s nuclear preparations prompted the U.S. military in recent days to move a surveillance aircraft used to test the air following nuclear explosions to the region. The Air Force WC-135 Constant Phoenix arrived in Japan and will be used to patrol the area off the Korean peninsula in the coming days, according to a separate official.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson..."
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"...A magnitude 5 earthquake was detected near North Korea's nuclear site in its northeastern region, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said in a statement.
"We estimate the North has carried out the biggest-ever test given the yield of the North's nuclear test that reached 10 kilotons..."
Reference: www.koreatimes.co.kr
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"...Early readings of North Korea's nuclear test Monday show it was three to six times more powerful than any tests from that country before. President Obama is calling it "a highly provocative act." NBC's Jim Miklaszewski reports...."
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"...The most hostile language is aimed directly at the United States. “We do not hide that a variety of satellites and long-range rockets which will be launched by the DPRK one after another and a nuclear test of higher level which will be carried out by it in the upcoming all-out action, a new phase of the anti-U.S. struggle that has lasted century after century, will target against the U.S., the sworn enemy of the Korean people,” the statement reads. “Settling accounts with the U.S. needs to be done with force, not with words as it regards jungle law as the rule of its survival.”..."
Reference: msnbc.com
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