All posts tagged "H-bomb"

  • (Yonhap)
    N. Korea’s fanfare for H-bomb developers

    (PHOTO NEWS) —  Photos published by North Korea’s official daily Rodong Sinmun on Jan. 14, 2016, accompanied reports that the nation and the people provided devoted hospitality to those who worked on the claimed successful test of...

    • Posted January 13, 2016
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  • (Yonhap)
    N. Korea threatens to strike US with H-bombs

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea said Tuesday that it is ready to detonate hydrogen bombs capable of wiping out the United States “all at once,” claiming that it has succeeded in developing miniaturized nuclear weapons. North Korea’s...

    • Posted January 12, 2016
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  • North Koreans watch a news broadcast on a video screen outside Pyongyang Railway Station in Pyongyang, North Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016. Pyongyang has long claimed it has the right to develop nuclear weapons to defend itself against the U.S., an established nuclear power with whom it has been in a state of war for more than 65 years. But to build a credible nuclear threat, the North must explode new nuclear devices — including miniaturized ones — so its scientists can improve their designs and technology. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon)
    Analysis: Calculated risk behind N. Korean H-bomb test claim

    TOKYO (AP) — When North Korea hinted it had a hydrogen bomb last month — twice — it was largely brushed off as bluster. Now that it’s claiming to have actually tested one, it is being taken...

    • Posted January 6, 2016
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  • (Yonhap)
    NK says it tested H-bomb to widespread skepticism

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Soon after the ground shook around its nuclear testing facility, North Korea trumpeted its first hydrogen bomb test — a self-proclaimed “H-bomb of justice” that would mark a major and unanticipated advance...

    • Posted January 6, 2016
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  • Earthquake and Volcano of the Korea Meteorological Administration Director General Yun Won-tae stands in front of a screen showing seismic waves that were measured in South Korea, in Seoul Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016. North Korea said it conducted a powerful hydrogen bomb test Wednesday, a defiant and surprising move that, if confirmed, would be a huge jump in Pyongyang's quest to improve its still-limited nuclear arsenal. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
    Nuclear experts doubt North Korea’s successful H-bomb test claims

    By Chang Jae-soon WASHINGTON (Yonhap) — U.S. nuclear experts doubted North Korea’s claims of a successful H-bomb test on Wednesday, saying its yield is too low to believe that such an advanced bomb, way more powerful than...

    • Posted January 6, 2016
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  • The North's leader made the H-bomb claims last week, saying the country has become a "powerful nuclear weapons state." (Yonhap)
    N. Korea could deploy H-bomb around 2020: 38 North

    By Chang Jae-soon WASHINGTON (Yonhap) — North Korea’s claims of hydrogen bomb development are technically unlikely for now, but the communist nation could deploy a single-stage thermonuclear weapon with a yield of 100 kilotons by around 2020,...

    • Posted December 16, 2015
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  • The North's leader made the H-bomb claims last week, saying the country has become a "powerful nuclear weapons state." (Yonhap)
    US expert calls for more serious attention to N. Korea’s H-bomb claims

    WASHINGTON (Yonhap) — The United States should more seriously take North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s claims that the country has developed hydrogen bombs, an expert said, pointing out that the international community has often incorrectly underestimated Pyongyang’s...

    • Posted December 14, 2015
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