North Korea has an H bomb!

Ralphy1

Ralphy1

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Should we be worried? Maybe not for the moment but it does raise the possibility of the end of civilization in the future if a deranged "dear" leader decides to use one...
 

Yesterday? There may be no more yesterdays should one of these be popped on some country with the complimentary retaliation. No, they will never go out of date...
 

Shalimar said:
H bombs are so yesterday Ralphy. Nukes are what's hip amongst the rabidly deranged these days. Do try to stay current old boy!:playful:
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I always thought nukes included H-bombs, and all other fusion/fission devices.

If the reports are true it is a bigger threat than IS could ever be.
 
Oh, yeah - no doubt about it.

They can also be "dirty" bombs, that combine conventional explosives (TNT) with radiological material.

Ain't life grand?
 
We've seen North Korea tell us many times about their weapon development. So far, every one has been nothing but hot air. One of these days, that regime may well get to the point of being able to manufacture some semblance of a weapon of mass destruction. When and if it does, those in the most danger are the North Koreans themselves. There is no thought as to safety precautions or protection of their own people... except for "Dear Leader". China, South Korea, Japan, even Russia all have eyes on North Korea and what is going on there. If they were to show signs of becoming an actual threat, any number of people will be involved in shutting down the threat. Should it move beyond just the threat stage and North Korea actually do something that would harm another country, the retaliation will be quick and deadly.
 
Thanks, Grumpy, but I am not totally reassured that at some point I may be glowing...
 
Grumpy Ol' Man said:
We've seen North Korea tell us many times about their weapon development. So far, every one has been nothing but hot air. One of these days, that regime may well get to the point of being able to manufacture some semblance of a weapon of mass destruction. When and if it does, those in the most danger are the North Koreans themselves. There is no thought as to safety precautions or protection of their own people... except for "Dear Leader". China, South Korea, Japan, even Russia all have eyes on North Korea and what is going on there. If they were to show signs of becoming an actual threat, any number of people will be involved in shutting down the threat. Should it move beyond just the threat stage and North Korea actually do something that would harm another country, the retaliation will be quick and deadly.
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I remember in 2012 when they were going to test a long range ICBM but it broke apart before leaving the atmosphere and plooped down in the Pacific. All the "H" bombs in the world don't do a bit of good if you cannot deliver them to a target.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/upshot/north-korea-launches-long-range-missile-232147093.html
 
Well, something just went on there - there was a measured 5.1 magnitude seismic event.

I don't know why there is any doubt that North Korea has the technology - it's readily available these days, and if it's true they've got this bomb it's an order of magnitude more powerful than anything they've tested before.

Yes, delivery may be a problem but one that they could overcome in short order.
 
Yes, you younger sports may all be glowing one day as I probably won't live to see it, or for that matter who knows if I'll live another day, but I'll be observing from up above...
 
Ralphy1 said:
Thanks, Grumpy, but I am not totally reassured that at some point I may be glowing...
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May not be such a bad thing! Did not our Mothers and the ads shown when we were kids depict "glowing with good health", glowing complexions, and the like? :rolleyes:

imp
 
Which Mentality is Worse?

North Korea? Or Iran?

If I understand the Iran deal halfway correctly, they agreed to a 10-year moratorium in return for which they get to use the 10 years to develop bombs. Ask Benjamin Netanyahu how he feels about this. (Yes, I know it is claimed his wife is a thief. Immaterial).

WTH difference does it make, I guess, when everybody else has the nukes. Skirmishes between India and Pakistan, for example, have for years produced fears of decimation. imp
 
SifuPhil said:
Well, something just went on there - there was a measured 5.1 magnitude seismic event.

I don't know why there is any doubt that North Korea has the technology - it's readily available these days, and if it's true they've got this bomb it's an order of magnitude more powerful than anything they've tested before.

Yes, delivery may be a problem but one that they could overcome in short order.
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Yep, just by coincidence a earth quake. Probably in an area with nothing that high on a regular basis. I heard when these volcanoes pop they get register as seismic activity.
 
WhatInThe said:
Yep, just by coincidence a earth quake. Probably in an area with nothing that high on a regular basis. I heard when these volcanoes pop they get register as seismic activity.
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Yet that area has historically been earthquake-free, and the seismic experts around the world claim that the signature is very, very different for a nuclear event.
 
" delivery may be a problem "

A North Korean registered container ship can carry quite a large (physically large, the North Koreans' biggest problem) bomb and deliver it quite close to most major international ports without arousing suspicion. Such a ship would not be searched until it tried to enter harbour.
 
Who is going to show them how to use it? Maybe they can find a You Tube video that will help them.
 
It has been said that this test was less powerful than the last one, so if it was an H bomb, it was a bit of a fizzer.

A fusion (H) bomb requires fission (A) bombs to set it off. Perhaps the fusion part failed to detonate?
 

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