Posted on 01/05/2016 8:26:48 PM PST by Mariner
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea said Wednesday it had conducted a hydrogen bomb test, a defiant and surprising move that, if confirmed, would put Pyongyang a big step closer toward improving its still-limited nuclear arsenal.
A television anchor read a typically propaganda-heavy statement on state TV that said North Korea had tested a "miniaturized" hydrogen bomb, elevating the country's "nuclear might to the next level" and providing it with a weapon to defend against the United States and its other enemies.
The statement said the test was a "perfect success."
The test, if confirmed by outside experts, will lead to a strong push for new, tougher sanctions at the United Nations and further worsen already abysmal relations between Pyongyang and its neighbors.
North Korean nuclear tests worry Washington and others because each new blast is seen as pushing North Korea's scientists and engineers closer to their goal of an arsenal of nuclear-tipped missiles that can reach the United States.
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i bet 0bama is thrilled to see yet another of his allies doing so well under his administrations watch
Obama will be on TV tomorrow fake crying then a quick round of golf
Well, isn’t this a nice development.
‘’A’’ weapon. If they can actually afford to build one that actually works.
Would only take one to crush the world’s economy.
Wasn’t Trump the ONLY Republican candidate to bring up North Korea’s nuclear threat in the 2nd Republican debate in September at the Reagan Library??
Yet another failure of intelligence?
Using Google Earth free you can simply enter the lat/long. coordinates from the epicenter of the earthquake according to the USGS. According to the link from their homepage of significant earthquakes it happened at 41.305°N 129.039°E which you can past into the search feature of google earth.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us10004bnm#general_summary
There’s a substantial mountain there they likely just blew up.
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2016-01-06 01:30:01 (UTC)
2016-01-05 18:30:01 (UTC-07:00) in your timezone
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Nearby Cities
21km (13mi) ENE of Sungjibaegam, North Korea
37km (23mi) WNW of Hau-ri, North Korea
44km (27mi) NNW of Kilju, North Korea
54km (34mi) WSW of Hoemul-li, North Korea
376km (234mi) NE of Pyongyang, North Korea
Complete Bollocks.
I guess Kim Jong Uncola was getting Ronery that all the attention that his glorious Socialist Juche Utopia rightly deserves, was being stolen by the goings-on in the Middle East. Can’t have that!
North Korea is Best Korea!
The President has done an amazing job making the world safer through his brilliant program of smart diplomacy.
40 Pershing II's in Japan, and notice to China we would appreciate their decisive intervention.
No response after 6 months, add 100 more.
Look whose occupying the White House..what intelligence??
100ft CEP.
Warhead can be dialed from 5 to 50KT.
They also developed a W-86 version for earth penetration.
The requested document does not exist on this server.
Dear Leader ubama cries when he thinks about me or you buying an AR, but can’t work up much emotion about IRAN or NORTH KOREA getting frigging NUCLEAR WEAPONS!
And they said Gerald Ford was dumb!
Gee!
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