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The North Korea nuclear test that has roiled the markets this morning was most likely a dud according to an article at DefenseTech. He goes through the calculations, but basically even if North Korea got the yield it claimed, it is 1/40th the yield of the device dropped on Hiroshima.

A commenter points out that it may be possible to even fake a yield of the size North Korea was claiming with conventional explosives.

Oh, and the Kim Jong Il will have me cracking up all day.