Er, isnt it counterproductive toward getting sactions removed, which were put in place over producing nuclear material, by poking the world in the eye with a nuclear test? The answer of course is yes. So, with that in mind, I think it pretty cleary shows that NK govornment is doing far more then rattling sabres. Unless you are proposing they just want to make one, blow it off for the world to see and then they will decide to suspend the program?