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N. Korea says it conducts successful powerful H-bomb test
Associated Press ^ | January 5th, 2016 | By FOSTER KLUG and KIM TONG-HYUNG

Posted on 01/05/2016 8:26:48 PM PST by Mariner

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To: Mariner

Largest Fission weapon was 700kt detonated by England.
Very dangerous weapon as it had around 6x critical mass.
Just assembling it could have caused a blue flash.

Largest detonated by USA was 500kt


81 posted on 01/06/2016 6:22:21 AM PST by Zathras
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To: Mariner
Impossible, Bill Clinton took care of it 20 years ago.


82 posted on 01/06/2016 6:30:31 AM PST by PROCON
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To: Mariner

Got to work on that program as a college intern with some software testing. It’s why I can technically claim to be a rocket scientist. :)


83 posted on 01/06/2016 6:31:23 AM PST by alancarp
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To: Zathras

The britts were trying to develop a high yield H-bomb and first couple failed.
As a backup they built their 700k Fission weapon and claimed it was a successful H-bomb.
Its unclear if it was Tritium boosted but for sure it used lots of U235


84 posted on 01/06/2016 6:35:29 AM PST by Zathras
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To: Mariner

...and providing it with a weapon to defend against the United States and its other enemies.


Well countries that have given up WMD seem to get invaded - Iraq, Libya and Ukraine come to mind.


85 posted on 01/06/2016 6:36:28 AM PST by Trumpinator (I regret I have but only one vote to give for Trump for my country.)
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To: Mariner

Nice idea, but our Pershing IIs were eliminated under the INF Treaty.


86 posted on 01/06/2016 6:45:27 AM PST by Parity
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To: BeauBo
It could have been a dud H-bomb - a fission trigger explosion that failed to produce the fusion explosion.

I'm wondering if the NORK scientists told Dear Leader that it was a successful H-bomb even though it failed. I mean, how would he know if it was successful or not. They might have had to lie to save their hides.

87 posted on 01/06/2016 7:43:34 AM PST by PJ-Comix (DUmmie Skinner: Bought & Paid For By Hillary)
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To: yadent

Because no other Republican candidate was aware of North Korea’s threat until Donald Trump told them.

Getting real would be a great start for you.


88 posted on 01/06/2016 7:56:42 AM PST by Colonel_Flagg (Revenge is a Daesh best served cold.)
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To: Colonel_Flagg

No, they were aware but bought into the idiotic notion that North Korea was no longer a serious threat and hence not worthy of discussion. Funny how someone with NO governing experience and accused of being retarded on foreign policy had the foresight on North Korea......As for ‘getting real’, I just pointed out a FACT regarding that 2nd debate. What the hell is your problem???


89 posted on 01/06/2016 8:14:51 AM PST by yadent
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To: Mariner

Meanwhile, no reporter is the least bit curious why the NKOR govt paid Bill Clinton $500K for a speech when Hillary was secretary of state. These people resort to eating tree bark in the winter and they somehow found couch cushion money to here Bill drone on for an hour. Looks like it was worth the money.


90 posted on 01/06/2016 8:21:56 AM PST by jimmygrace
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To: Parity

We can build new Pershings.


91 posted on 01/06/2016 8:55:57 AM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18 - Be The Leaderless Resistance)
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To: Mariner

Go Trump!


92 posted on 01/06/2016 8:59:01 AM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Mariner

But the WH said they did not believe N Korea had an H-bomb or nuke.

From 12/10/2015
In Washington, the White House said it was doubtful that North Korea had developed ahydrogen bomb, but said Pyongyang remained a threat.

“At this point, the information that we have access to calls into serious question those claims, but we take very seriously the risk and the threat that is posed by the North Korean regime in their ambitions to develop a nuclear weapon,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest told a regular briefing.

Posted at a Reuters outlet - Grand Forks Herald.


93 posted on 01/06/2016 9:03:55 AM PST by austinaero
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To: PROCON
Being talked about right now on Kuhner Country. Yes Albright -Clinton ( and don't think Hillary Clinton didn't know ) enabled all this....

Attention Trump / Cruz why are you not hammering this home?

94 posted on 01/06/2016 9:31:43 AM PST by taildragger (Not my Monkey, not my Circus...)
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To: Mariner

Time for a strongly worded letter or maybe a EO telling them to stop to solve the problem, right after another family vacation and a few rounds of golf.


95 posted on 01/06/2016 9:31:57 AM PST by matt04
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To: PJ-Comix

Could be. I’ve heard he’s fed some of his kinfolk to dogs for a far less infraction than a nuclear failure...


96 posted on 01/06/2016 9:35:47 AM PST by Quickgun (I got here kicking,screaming and covered in someone else's blood. I can go out that way if I have to)
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To: Mariner

We need Star wars— don’t we and we need to nuke up and upgrade our delivery systems and get rid of the naive “head in the sand” crap.


97 posted on 01/06/2016 9:50:18 AM PST by WENDLE (Trump is not bought . He is no puppet.)
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To: eastforker

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1717327/posts


98 posted on 01/06/2016 10:40:18 AM PST by HLPhat (This space is intentionally blank.)
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To: Kriggerel

To #11. Didn’t Cary Grant once say “Juche, Juche, Juche” in a movie?

And wasn’t there a song “Juche Blue Eyes”?

You want fried lice with that?


99 posted on 01/06/2016 10:42:40 AM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Mariner

Trump says Madman, Cruz says Crazy Nutjob, Rubio says Lunatic. They are all correct.


100 posted on 01/06/2016 11:15:52 AM PST by BigEdLB (Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back -- Donald Trump)
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