Nor should I. That's the whole idea. As Sun Tzu said: "The Art of War is the Art of Deception".

I agree, NK is completely untrustworthy. They seem to think we don't know the difference of 60 miles. They think we can't see their prison camps. The country is a classic case of narsassitic, paranoid, psycopathic leadership. It's scary. Will the October surprise be a NK nuke as has been speculated? Or will they want us to believe they have the bomb? Will they do an open air test just to show us? Or just use it first? Scary, real world questions of national security. And yet we waste our time with the banality of fonts and pushy partisans. (I know, guilty as self-charged, glass houses and rocks....)

I'd like to read the CNN report you attempted to blockquote to see if they were speaking of acoustic or seismic signal. I don't trust CNN over New Scientist, though. Nick would be far more qualified than I to discuss the seismic detection limit comparing magnitude verses distance.

As far as this event goes, how do I really know what the seismic signal was? I could collect as many readings as I could from various stations, get an expert to read them, or await outside scientists' reports of the incident. All I've got is the New Scientist article, which has been filtered through sources and reporters.

Another twist on the nesessary paranoia of nuclear thought...if we (the US) can detect the seismic pattern of nuclear blasts, would it be wise to admit it? This is a game of Poker on a grand scale.