Contributed by: filbert Monday, October 16 2006 @ 02:12 PM CST
U.S. confirms radiation was detected[*1] after North Korean test:
“Analysis of air samples collected on October 11, 2006 detectedradioactive debris which confirms that North Korea conducted anunderground nuclear explosion in the vicinity of Punggye on October 9,2006,” the office of the Director of National Intelligence said Monday.
“The explosion yield was less than a kiloton,” the statement said.