North Korea Says It Has Developed Hydrogen Bomb to Suit ICBM
- Claim comes as UN mulls next set of sanctions on missile tests
- North Korea last tested nuclear around this time last year
Kim Jong-un looks at nuclear weaponization in North Korea.
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North Korea claims that it now has a more-developed hydrogen nuclear weapon that can be mounted on a new intercontinental ballistic missile.
The bomb is a multi-functional thermonuclear weapon adjustable from tens of kiloton to hundreds of kiloton and can be be detonated even at high altitudes for an electromagnetic pulse attack, the state-run Korean Central News Agency said. North Korea last tested a nuclear device about a year ago.