North Korea H-bomb?

[bob10]

North Korea 'Quake' May Have Been H-Bomb Test - NBC News

[Eevo]

if the rest of the world is allowed nukes, so should NK.

[Hall]

f the rest of the world is allowed nukes, so should NK.

Most , if not all of the other countries with nukes are not megalomaniac dictators pushed into a very tight corner through sanctions. That`s how Japan was pushed into starting a war with the US. Heavy sanctions, desperate, thought bugger damned if we are going to back down, rest is history. I`m amazed that North Korea has not gone down that path yet. If they have got a decent H bomb that might give them enough incentive to have a go at the US and the rest of the world.
Cheers Hall

[Ferret]

Seems to be some doubt about whether they really have a decent H bomb. Earth tremor signature was said to be too small - more like a small conventional A bomb.

[Eevo]

Most , if not all of the other countries with nukes are not megalomaniac dictators pushed into a very tight corner through sanctions. That`s how Japan was pushed into starting a war with the US. Heavy sanctions, desperate, thought bugger damned if we are going to back down, rest is history. I`m amazed that North Korea has not gone down that path yet. If they have got a decent H bomb that might give them enough incentive to have a go at the US and the rest of the world.
Cheers Hall

i dont trust the other world leaders more than kim.

dont forget, hitler was elected too.

[Eevo]

more like a small conventional A bomb.

it would probably a boosted A bomb.

fission plus a little bit of fusion (hydrogen/lithium)


not a true h bomb but it does have hydrogen in it.

[Ferret]

it would probably a boosted A bomb.

fission plus a little bit of fusion (hydrogen/lithium)


not a true h bomb but it does have hydrogen in it.

~15kt, not much fusion.

[Eevo]

Doesn't have to be.
14 + 1 is enough to say its a success.

[bob10]

Very interesting, the video at the end is a must see. Absolutely.

What I discovered inside 'dangerous? North Korea | The New Daily

[Ferret]

Doesn't have to be.
14 + 1 is enough to say its a success.

Probably not even 14+1. Success would have been 14 + (~30 x 14). Either there was no thermo stage or the thermo stage was a total fizzer (but given the yield of the first stage is more likely was never any thermo stage). Either way, that's not success unless your last name is Kim.

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