Skepticism Grows over North Korea’s H-Bomb Test

Doubts are growing over North Korea’s claim on Wednesday that it successfully tested a hydrogen bomb, according to multiple news reports.

Experts are pointing to the explosive power, or yield, of the blast as evidence that the bomb wasn’t big or powerful enough to be a thermonuclear weapon.

An article by Choe Sang-Hun, a reporter for The New York Times, reported that the yield, at six kilotons, was closer in size to an atomic bomb, not a hydrogen bomb:

“Lee Cheol-woo, a member of the intelligence committee of the South…

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Skepticism Grows over North Korea’s H-Bomb Test