North Korea Confirms It Conducted "Successful Hydrogen Bomb Test" As "Act Of Self-Defense" Against US
North Korea has confirmed that it has "successfully tested a hydrogen bomb." The test was "an act of self-defense" against threats like the US.
#NorthKorea: hydrogen bomb test was a success that advances country's nuclear capability
— Sangwon Yoon (@sangwonyoon) January 6, 2016
#NorthKorea: hydrogen bomb test was "an act of self defense" against threats like the U.S.
— Sangwon Yoon (@sangwonyoon) January 6, 2016
#DPRK claims its successfully conducted hydrogen #nuclear test today. #VOAalert pic.twitter.com/nKmg64YkR4
— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) January 6, 2016
This is the 3rd test during Obama's administration...
#NorthKorea nuclear tests (3 during Obama admin): 1) Oct 9, 2006 1:35am 2) May 25, 2009 00:54am 3) Feb 12, 2013 02:57am 4) Jan 6, 2016 10am
— Sangwon Yoon (@sangwonyoon) January 6, 2016
As we detailed earlier...
A 5.1-magnitude earthquake detected near North Korea’s nuclear test site appears to have been artificial, according to South Korea’s meteorological service, raising the prospect the isolated regime tested a nuclear device. As Bloomberg reports, the "earthquake" follows North Korea’s threat in September that it is ready to use atomic weapons against the U.S. at any time and that its main nuclear facility was fully operational. The Pentagon is reportedly "looking into" the quake reports.
Coincidence?
As AP reports,
South Korean officials detected an "artificial earthquake" near North Korea's main nuclear test site Wednesday, a strong indication that nuclear-armed Pyongyang had conducted its fourth atomic test. North Korea said it planned an "important announcement" later Wednesday.
A confirmed test would mark another big step toward Pyongyang's goal of building a warhead that can be mounted on a missile capable of reaching the U.S. mainland.
The U.S. Geological Survey measured the magnitude of the seismic activity at 5.1 on its website. An official from the Korea Metrological Administration, South Korea's weather agency, said it believed the earthquake was caused artificially based on their analysis of the seismic waves and that it originated 49 kilometers (30 miles) north of Kilju, the northeastern area where North Korea's main nuclear test site is located. The country conducted all three previous atomic detonations there.
South Korean government officials couldn't immediately confirm whether a nuclear blast or natural earthquake had taken place.
North Korea conducted its third nuclear test in February 2013.
Another test would further North Korea's international isolation by prompting a push for new, tougher sanctions at the United Nations and worsening Pyongyang's already bad ties with Washington and its neighbors.
Pyongyang is thought to have a handful of crude nuclear weapons. The United States and its allies worry about North Korean nuclear tests because each new blast brings the country closer to perfecting its nuclear arsenal.
Since the elevation of young leader Kim Jong Un in 2011, North Korea has ramped up angry rhetoric against the leaders of allies Washington and Seoul and the U.S.-South Korean annual military drills it considers invasion preparation.
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South Korea is responding:
“We are checking whether this is indeed a nuclear test or something else,” said a spokesman of the South’s Defense Ministry, who spoke on customary condition of anonymity.
- *S. KOREA TO CONVENE NATIONAL SECURITY MEETING AT 12PM: YONHAP
- *BOK TO HOLD MEETING AT 2 P.M. LOCAL TIME TO DISCUSS N. KOREA
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It appears Kim has had enough playing second geopolitical pain-in-the-ass fiddle to Syria so decided to get back in the headlines.
Ironic really after Kim Jong-Un's "fabulous" year.
Various twitter sources report that North Korea is due to make an "important announcement" at 2230ET.
North Korean Central TV still showing testcard, but special bulletin expected at noon (in 30 minutes) pic.twitter.com/YNSemsnTKr
— Martyn Williams (@martyn_williams) January 6, 2016
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Actually, what has been reported indicates Pakistan (who the US gave some 10 Billion to to "fight terrorists") helped them the most.
North Korea would not do this without Chinese approval. Period.
ita.
wrong.
I really dont think China would deem it wise to ever give deliverable nuke tec to its unstable temper tantrummy neighbour, but hey, thats just me. And besides, building a device that goes boom is not that hard.
I think they would. It's a distraction to the west and to Japan. One and only is right, NK doesn't do anything without China's approval. They're the only lifeline to NK and NK knows that China can blow them off the map.
You don't know history.
Ever thought "gee a north korea and a south korea and a japan without a military"?
Japan isn't allowed to have a military - the US is the military of the Japanese.
Japan and Korea have always been at war. Pre WWII it was like ISIS; rape and torture and killing and invading.
North Korea is allied with China
South Korea is allied with NATO countries (they are not part of NATO but basically part of NATO and the same with Japan)
The DMZ at the 38th parallel is kind of like the Berlin Wall that never went away.
Now there is a big dispute in the South China Sea with Japan. North Korea tests a hydrogen bomb. Not to mention the currency war that's been going on. It's a thing because don't forget North Korea would love to invade Japan especially a Japan without a military ;) So will the US step up to defend their ally (and defend trade routes) and will this lead to an escalation?
**North Korea to China is akin to Iran's Hezbollah** They can attack people but not take credit for it; same strings different fingers. So this should be watched closely.
Having nukes is the only ´Ami fuck off card´.
Well good sir, now that you have set me straight with all this history, would you perhaps riddle me this...why isnt Kim the Young whippersnapper slamming his hard dick into the side of an mirved ICBM live on television right about now?...instead of announcing the successful test of a Hydrogen device..quite a humle feat for a country this day and age, and with full technological support from China no less.
"North Korea to China is akin to Iran's Hezbollah" ....Are you high?
NK is China's "Gimp" (from Pulp Fiction).
NK is their little servant they keep on a leash and pull out when they need to.
NK does nothing without their master's directive.
I think they already have. Notice how the US Navy mysteriously test fired a Nuclear Capable ICBM over a civilian population shorty after O'bummer ordered a Navy ship into Chi-Com waters near there Spratley, "bird shit islands"?
http://russia-insider.com/en/politics/trident-missile-over-los-angeles/r...
No way a competent navy would launch a Nuclear capable ICBN over there own country, especially a massively populated city. China obviously hacked our subs thankfully for humanity they didn't arm it this time.
I'm guessing we won't be hearing about the US sailing near Chi-Com's bird shit islands any time soon again, hopefully. Of course with Egotistical Psychopaths in charge who knows?
WOW!!2016's kickin' off with a BANG!!
Here's how Kim will use the device:
(from Blazing Saddles - Nobody moves or the . . .)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_JOGmXpe5I
One more thought: The fat boy now has a "Fat Boy."
(If you remember the Manhattan Project.)
FYI, it was "Little Boy" and "Fat Man"
I will confirm it happened at the location of the last nuke test they did.
Mag Depth
km Day Time
UTC Lat Lon Region Explore
Event ID Timestamp
5.1 10.0 2016-01-06 01:30:02 41.33 129.01 NORTH KOREA 5170265 1452072602
5.1 0.0 2013-02-12 02:57:51 41.30 129.00 NORTH KOREA 4211386 1360666671
Don't like the depth of 0.0 for the previous event in Feb 2013. In addition, if this is a bomb that releases hundreds of times the energy of fission test, the 5.1 identicality of the magnitude smells bad too.
A depth of 0 (and mag -+5) is a very good indicator of a nuke detonation. Cast shots at mines of the kiloton class can also register as 0 depth and are reported to authorities prior to the charges being detonated to prevent a false alarm re: nuke tests. The 2013 data is the last test they (NK) did. In Nevada there has been a cluster of (suspicious) very shallow quakes in a Federal Game Preserve over the last few years.
Big old pile of dynamite?
Presumably their yield doesn't appear to be increasing.
By looking into it...does that mean the Pentagon thinks its Sony's fault?
(There's double entendres, puns & crusty geologic formations involved backwards & forwards in that question that I can't quite sort out right now because...I think I'm stoned...lol)
The only time humanity witnessed the true power of the PlayStation......anyone find sat data yet? I sure the fuck havent. Also is that data 10km sea level? Or is it measured from the dirt? Just wondering.
I love the smell of napalm in the morning?
I love the smell of lithium-6 deuteride in the morning.
I love the smell of lemon jello. Morning, noon and night. I just finished a bowl of it.
Don't be checkin me out on facebook. I spend all my spare time at ZH.
So how many carbon credits must one purchase to cover your average everyday nuke test......?
Not many. Hydrogen burns very clean.
It'd sure be interesting to know to which one of the agents of The Great Red Dragon that fat boy reports. He's not smart enough, and his country is not rich enough, to be doing this nonsense on his own.
It's for the children,
No price is too large to save just one small nork.
so... USA zionists want to make more quakes by nuking them? I don't believe much from the west..
and sounds like they are making this up... how would they know if quake was man made or not. BS
Obviously, you know nothing about spectrum analysis. A large explosion would generate a lot more high-frequency waves in the Earth than a regular eaethquake.
no, that's just the sound of the next market crash
if it's true US should be happy they are nuking themselves
Nuking ourselves, must see.
US military bases nuked in controlled demolitions by NATO plot Part1https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD-VRDklIPc
tough talkin American Neocons. The US foreign policy is so inconsistent. Hates other countries for human rights abuses but supports Saudi Arabia.
Goes after Iraq, Syria and Iran for WMD . . .
YET North Korea HAS NUCLEAR WEAPONS. When is the US gonna invade North Korea and bring DEMOCRACY (or regime change resulting in puppet government) to North Korea.
Have they discovered oil or natural gas in North Korea yet?
Just as long as North Korea doesn't threaten Israel, North Korea will be safe
The truth is a fart in the wind.
if there was a case for someone not having the bomb it would be Zionazi USA and Israel
That's some gnarly Climate Change.
They have said they have a fusion bomb (Hydrogen).
Experts in the US said their lying.
All a country has to do is put several on a fault line in the ocean and detonate the nukes in sequence to cause disastrous quakes. around the world.
A series of huge quakes all over would cut the underseas communication cables and cut off all those outsourced IT servers overseas.
The Japanese disastrous quake took out underseas communication on one side of the island and traffic had to be re-routed to the other side.
[YAWN] BFD.
Who cares? Not at all relevant to anyone, except Neocons. Who won't allow any country to have a CB that isn't part of the Rothschild cartel of private central bankers.
E.g. Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Iran, SK.
It wasn't the grass that tickled your ass!
The days have long gone when ZATO can point a finger and we take it at face value. The Cry Wolf False Flag Syndrome.
No more bunny wabbits to pull from the hat.
It's the real shit, like a 90s basement/warehouse party fueled by pure mdma and/or lsd.
if only. Either way let's hope someone remembers to stock the supply room and batten down the hatches.
God what a gay comment. Sorry. I'm afraid I've just had a wee bit more of the vodka than is prudent.
NK just successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. Happy new year bitchez!
It was just a matter of time.
All NK has to do is create a 50 MT (multiple stage hydrogen) like the Soviet Union did and tell the US to STFU.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwlNPhn64TA
That's next.
An H bomb, they say ... 5.1 ... In other words it was a dud.
H bombs are big. Oklahoma gets tremors that big from injection/disposal wells.
Black Swan? Honk, Honk!
It's ok. The radiation is well within the acceptable exposure limits, according to the Japanese Government.
What's a little more radiation floating over Japan? They won't be able to tell the difference.
Clearly an Executive order for more "Nuke Control" will need to be assembled by our incredible leadership team and DOJ.
No, you have got it wrong......Our enemies are allowed to arm themselves......
Only racist, colonizing capitalists are to be disarmed.......
I would say bomb North Korea into oblivion , but there is nothing there to bomb its already a shit-hole.