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Evergreen North Korean test unlikely to be hydrogen bomb – BennettSeismic event not large enough for H-bomb, but could be a boosted weapon North Korean media's claims they they tested a hydrogen bomb on Wednesday have caused widespread speculation about the current status on the DPRK's nuclear weapons technologies. Thermonuclear explosions – such as the pictured Ivy Mike nuclear test – are orders of magnitude more powerful than their atomic predecessors, potentially indicating the DPRK has advanced through numerous technological barriers since its first nuclear test in October 2006. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |