Thread: Three things we should know about N. Korea's missile tests

Doesn't bear thinking about. Pine Gap would have to be a target.

What would nuclear war with North Korea look like?

It's all mind games at the moment.

The US just gave North Korea a new threat to worry about -- F-35 stealth jets

You can only **** China off a limited amount of times.

China 'strongly condemns' N. Korean nuclear test: foreign ministry

This is no longer funny. For the first time I believe we may be headed for a major conflict. The difference between an atomic bomb and a hydrogen bomb is, the atomic bombs develop their explosive power solely from nuclear fission [ the splitting of heavier elements into lighter ones], the hydrogen bomb draws upon an additional source of energy, thermonuclear fusion [ the combination of light elements into heavier ones.] Fission and fusion both release neutrons essential for a chain reaction - but fusion releases a lot more. The potential yield of an atomic bomb is limited by the amount of its fissile material. The hydrogen bomb? in theory, the potential yield of a thermonuclear device is limitless. The same energy that powers the sun and the stars could be harnessed to make cities disappear.

The physicist Edward Teller spent most of his time during the Manhattan project working on the " superbomb ", as it was called. The General Advisory Committee of the Atomic Energy Commission voted unanimously to oppose it. Headed by J Robert Oppenheimer, the Committee said the hydrogen bomb had no real military value and would encourage " the policy of exterminating civilian populations". Six of the Committee signed a statement warning that the bomb could become " a weapon of genocide". Two others, the physicists Enrico Fermi and Isidor Rabi, hoped the super bomb could be banned through an international agreement, arguing that such a bomb would be "a danger to humanity....an evil thing considered in any light."

This from the people that invented the A bomb. But still they built it. Why ? If the Russians built it first, the game was over. I still feel that it is doubtful that N.K. would have the expertise to build such a weapon, let alone get it small enough to fit on a missile. But, judging by the reaction of World "leaders" they have indeed.

North Korea warns US it will not escape its "greatest disaster" as war of words hot up over hydrogen bomb test

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