Jack Kim & Ju-min Park, Reuters: Possible two-stage hydrogen bomb seen 'game changer' for North Korea
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea’s claim of a successful hydrogen bomb test marks a major step in the isolated country’s long-stated goal of developing a nuclear-tipped missile that puts the U.S. mainland within range, experts say.
North Korea conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test on Sunday, which it said was a successful detonation of an advanced hydrogen bomb, technically known as a two-stage thermonuclear device.
All of North Korea’s six nuclear tests including the one on Sunday have taken place at its underground testing site in Punggye-ri, deep in mountainous terrain, and it is hard to independently verify the claims.
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Commentaries And Analysis On North Korea's Nuclear Test
N. Korea and its nuclear test: What next? -- AFP
What is North Korea’s Kim Jong Un trying prove with H-bomb? -- Eric Talmadge, AP
Old playbook behind North Korea's new nuclear test -- AFP
Will Donald Trump attack North Korea? 'We'll see' -- The Guardian
North Korea's latest nuclear test reflects failure of Trump's bellicose rhetoric -- Julian Borger, The Guardian
North Korea: Is it time to accept Pyongyang will remain a nuclear threat forever? Analysis -- Phillip Williams, ABC News Online
North Korea's nuclear test was diplomatic weapon to divide US and China -- Dominic Waghorn, SKY News
The Offensive Ambitions of North Korea's Nuclear Program -- CHristopher Hill, The Atlantic
Kim Jong-Un: Absolute power -- and an H-bomb to wield it -- AFP
North Korea: From war to nuclear weapons -- Lewis Sanders IV, DW
On North Korea, don't get distracted by the hydrogen bomb test, we can still negotiate -- Ryan Hass and Michael O’Hanlon, USA Today
This nuclear test means Trump must now start talks with North Korea -- John Delury, The Guardian
President Trump Must Stop the North Korea Nuclear Nightmare -- Harry J. Kazianis, National Interest
North Korea: China's 'nightmare neighbour' does it again -- Stephen McDonell, BBC
Time is running out with North Korea. A military action is now or never. As everyone I don't like war, but with NK we shall have one liking it or not. More we give time to NK worse the war will be. The goal of NK is not as "regime saving" as many say, but to reunify Korea under Kim dynasty way. When NK will have enough weapon he will ask America to leave its troops out of SK....and we shall do as we did with tactical nuclear weapons under G.W.Bush. It will be easy to take over a South Korea which has no nuke. What America will do? We have a treaty and we have to defend our allied and...we will be at war in a very bad condition, and all the lives we wanted to save for not taking military action now will be worse.
ReplyDeleteIn 1938, at Munich, we make "appeasement" with Hitler for saving 2 or 3 millions people with a war. Bottom line: we had 50 millions, at least.