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2016-01-07 China-Japan-Koreas

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Posted by Fred 2016-01-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top
File under: Commies

#1 News reports indicate that the yield was 600 kilotons of TNT. That is solidly in the fission bomb class. A fusion bomb uses a fission bomb as a trigger. The first US fusion (H) bomb had a 10 megatons of TNT yield. It is possible that the 2nd stage failed to ignite. Or fat boy is lying.

Posted by Sven the pelter 2016-01-07 00:23|| 2016-01-07 00:23|| Front Page Top

#2 Does it matter as long as they'll be willing to sell whatever it is to Iran?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-01-07 02:14|| 2016-01-07 02:14|| Front Page Top

#3 Time to ratchet up pressure on China. State that it is the position of the US that South Korea and Japan should pursue an independent nuclear deterent. Two can play at this game and turnabout is fair play.

Posted by Sven the pelter 2016-01-07 08:33|| 2016-01-07 08:33|| Front Page Top

#4 Right, to the Mad Mullahs, it's a 600 kiloton 'hydrogen bomb'.

Posted by Bobby 2016-01-07 11:36|| 2016-01-07 11:36|| Front Page Top

#5 Steven - add Taiwan and the Philippines into that mix to make it more VEXING to the ChiComs - Oh and a sea burst Neutron Bomb would be a great way for Singapore to clear the sea-lanes of pirates.

Posted by 3dc 2016-01-07 12:13|| 2016-01-07 12:13|| Front Page Top

#6 The entire UK nuclear arsenal comprises of 100 kiloton H bombs.
These are the MIRVed Trident SLBM warheads on its nuclear submarines.
50-100 kt warheads would be ideal for modern missile warheads. It isn't the 1950s where missiles were inaccurate and warheads were huge. It makes no sense for NoKo to produce megaton sized H bombs.

Posted by john frum 2016-01-07 14:52|| 2016-01-07 14:52|| Front Page Top

#7 If you have the tech, it's a great way to stretch your U235 and plutonium.

Posted by KBK 2016-01-07 16:16|| 2016-01-07 16:16|| Front Page Top

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