They may be able to carry a nuclear bomb to America within a year.
KIM JONG UN, North Korea’s leader, has made no secret of his goal of developing a nuclear-tipped missile with enough range to destroy cities in America. What has confounded many experts is the speed at which his engineers are getting there. Only last year the consensus was that they would not succeed before 2020; now the target seems achievable within a year.
If North Korea’s sixth nuclear test, on September 3rd, was of a two-stage nuclear device small enough to fit on a Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), as it claims, that marks a big advance over the previous nuclear test a year ago. The regime claimed that test, too, was of a two-stage device (also known as a thermonuclear or hydrogen bomb), in which an initial nuclear explosion is used to amplify a second one. But estimates of its yield (explosive power) varied between 10 and 30 kilotons, which even at the higher end is too little for a hydrogen bomb. David Albright, the president of the Institute for Science and International Security, a think-tank, believes that the North had instead tested a “boosted fission” device, in which lithium, deuterium and tritium are placed at the centre of a single-stage bomb, to increase its yield with a bit of fusion.
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WNU Editor: After multiple failures (for years) to multiple successes (in one year) .... something is not right. As to who may have helped them .... the consensus is growing among U.S. experts is that there is a Ukraine connection .... Report: Ukraine Sold Rocket Engines For North Korea's Missiles (August 14, 2017). As to what is my take .... a number of countries have helped North Korea over the years .... it could be them (China, Russia, Iran, etc.) .... or it could be someone else (including Ukraine). Bottom line .... no one is 100% sure.
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I bet it was China. Everything points to it. They are the ones profiteering with keeping oil flowing - even now. They are the ones who kept trading at record highs with north Korea. They are the ones who sold the mobile missile launchers. And they are the ones who said that we're not allowed to attack. Oh and finally they are the ones profiteering most from a pupet state that blackmails the US' APAC military installations with nuclear threats. Ukraine did actually arrest the north Korean spies. That's 100x more than China ever did for us when it comes to North Korea. Maybe there's a Ukrainian connection, but then like always it's likely mafia or corrupt individuals selling secrets - China is government sponsoring the north Korean threat. Whole different ball game.
Oh and finally, it was China who asked for another 100 days during which we had to promise not to do anything. In those 3 months north Korea managed to become a global nuclear threat. Thanks, China. Thanks for the back stabbing.
My take is 100% China. Why they would supply trucks for big missiles if they didn't know the purpose?
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