Posted on 03/14/2016 3:00:17 PM PDT by markomalley
In a state-controlled outlet, the North Korean government threatened Sunday to use its new alleged hydrogen bomb technology to reduce Manhattan, New York, to rubble, warning that its nuclear weapon “is much bigger” than Soviet weaponry.
The Washington Post has translated parts of the article in DPRK Today, a publication rarely used for the purpose of military bluster. When North Korean officials seek to announce military developments or threaten other countries, it usually turns to the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) or the Rodong Sinmun, the state newspaper. Both outlets have online English versions, making them more accessible to international media.
The DPRK Today article–run with the byline Cho Hyong Il, allegedly a North Korean nuclear scientist–warns, “Our hydrogen bomb is much bigger than the one developed by the Soviet Union.” It muses, “If this H-bomb were to be mounted on an intercontinental ballistic missile and fall on Manhattan in New York City, all the people there would be killed immediately and the city would burn down to ashes.”
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They couldn't deliver a hydrogen bomb payload to Manhattan if they sent it via UPS.
I would wager that if someone were to ask Cho Hyong Il whether their ‘hydrogen bomb’ was designed to detonate on impact or by proximity fusing, that he would scratch his ass and say “both”.
The one bomb they claim to have can be intercepted.
The NORKs cant intercept anything we throw back at them, much less the hundreds of warheads possible.
Wow. They have a >50 MT weapon. Deliverable by ICBM, no less. Impressive!
Yeah you are one of those gullible and naive ones out there with help from Iran and Obama I bet its real possible
Given their threats, a nuclear first strike seems reasonable to me.
We need a Pyongyang Airlift. Drop tons and tons of food to these people. And liquidate Kim Jong-un and the other psycopaths.
It’ll be in a shipping container.
No ballistic calculations needed.
Cruz wants America destroyed to only slower.
Tsar Bomba^2
Be still, my heart.
A West Coast cargo ship port is possible sometime in future.
Probably impossible to hit NYC with NK existing tech.
It will probably come to tho eventually.
Or, the gooks are full of s**t part 5,669,223...
They could send it C.O.D. and BeBlasio would probably sign for it.
He doesn’t need an ICBM. There are a whoooooole lot of Muslims that would be happy to smuggle one in on a container ship and blow it up in dock.
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