The Supreme leader of North Korea Kim Jong-Un
on Friday
morning carried out the launch of its most powerful nuclear warhead - a
move that's sure to rile the US and neighboring South Korea.
Neighboring South Korea stated this morning it believes this is the
North’s biggest nuke test to date – reportedly twice the size of that
which leveled Hiroshima.
According to North Korea's state run media in Pyongyang, the warhead
could be mounted on ballistic rockets and would enable North Korea to
produce "a variety of smaller, lighter and diversified nuclear warheads
of higher strike power."
Melissa Hanham, a senior research associate at James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies told CNN;
"It's hard for us to verify their claim. My deep fear is that they will
launch a live nuclear weapon on one of their missiles, but that would be
extremely dangerous as that could trigger a war,"
South Korea, Japan and China have condemned the nuclear test in it's
entirety saying the move by the dictator is a clear violation of the
United Nations Security Council resolution.
South Korean president Park Geun-hye said in an official statement;
"The only thing that Kim Jong Un regime can gain from the nuclear tests
is stronger sanctions from the international community and its
isolation. Such provocation will eventually hasten its path to
self-destruction,"
We are currently analyzing whether it was a successful test," a South Korean defense ministry official told CNN.
According to CNN, the US Air Force is expected to start flying the
WC-135 Constant Phoenix Aircraft today to take air samples and see if it
can determine a nuclear event occurred, if this is determined North
Korea will be in line for heavy sanctions from the U.N and international
community.
