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China-Japan-Koreas
Norks looking into nuclear fusion
2010-11-03
This, Mr. President, is what an 'enemy' looks like ...
Seoul believes North Korea has started research into nuclear fusion, Defense Minister Kim Tae-young said Tuesday. "We believe it is highly likely that the North is turning nuclear materials into weapons through a uranium enrichment process," he added.

He said the South believes Pyongyang has some 40 kg of plutonium which could be turned into warheads for ballistic missiles and is seeking to reduce the size of its nuclear bombs. It was previously assumed that the North is a long way from making nuclear devices small enough to fit on a missile.

Kim said the ministry is carefully monitoring signs of unusual activity at the North's nuclear test site. "There are no clear signs of the North preparing for another nuclear test," he said.
Posted by:Steve White

#6  Back in May 2010, the Norks announced that they had carried out a nuclear fusion reaction. At the time, it was thought that this was a smallish experiment. given their not-completely-successful fission detonations, I don't think anyone thinks the Norks are anywhere near being able to detonate a fusion bomb.
Posted by: Lord Garth   2010-11-03 14:10  

#5  You need a real good fission bomb to even start to make a fusion bomb. Of course the Norks could leak a bit of intelligence to earn the respect fear of the world, which could be their main goal.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2010-11-03 10:39  

#4  To what extent is China supporting this research?
Posted by: JohnQC   2010-11-03 10:16  

#3  I look forward to their first test. Korea might not be big enough to contain the damage, though. Shame, that.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2010-11-03 10:04  

#2  That would be nuclear fusion as in H Bomb.
Posted by: phil_b   2010-11-03 08:06  

#1  ION TOPIX > GLOBAL COMMUNITY FACES ULTIMATE NUCLEAR TEST, CTBT wid teeth, as Perts believe Nucweaps = Nuc Arsenals have become contemporarily irrelevant or obsolete in post-Cold War modern world.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2010-11-03 01:55  

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