The intercontinental ballistic missile Hwasong-14 is seen during its test in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang, July 5 2017. KCNA/via REUTERS.
Harry J. Kazianis, FOX News: North Korea could soon develop a hydrogen bomb more powerful than the atomic bombs dropped on Japan
As if the news out of North Korea wasn’t bad enough, things might get a lot worse within the next 18 months. We should not be surprised if the Communist dictatorship develops a hydrogen bomb – the ultimate atomic weapon – with the potential to kill millions of people.
A Defense Department official I spoke to recently on the condition of not revealing his name told me it now appears the North Koreans are working to finish development of an H-bomb, and that they could succeed in as soon as six to 18 months. Such a bomb would be many times more powerful than the atomic bombs the United States dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan that led to the end of World War II.
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WNU Editor: The North Koreans have the trigger to develop a hydrogen-bomb (i.e. an atomic warhead is the trigger) .... but developing a hydrogen bomb .... that is not going to be easy. The father of the hydrogen-bomb was once asked how easy (or hard) was it to develop a hydrogen bomb (Edward Teller with William Buckley on Firing Line). His answer .... extremely difficult, and only 200 or 300 people really understand the science and engineering. I can only hope that North Korea does not have someone like that.
Wnu: they may get help from China ..that's the problem. If a chinese guy can sell that tech to the Norks for a billion, he sure as f will. It's absolute corruption over there, despite increased penalties.
ReplyDeleteAlso, the motivation to hurt the US is a significant driver and should not be underestimated
Delete"only 200 or 300 people really understand the science and engineering"
ReplyDeleteThat was then. Things change