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With Powerful Bomb, Kim Dares Both Trump and Xi to Stop Him
- U.S. and China have failed to agree on common approach
- Explosion seen strong enough to destroy any American city
Trump Threatens Sanctions After N. Korea Nuke Test
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In detonating North Korea’s most powerful nuclear bomb yet, Kim Jong Un is betting it’s too late for either U.S. President Donald Trump or Chinese leader Xi Jinping to be able to take away his atomic arsenal.
Kim’s regime claimed on Sunday it successfully detonated a hydrogen bomb that can fit onto an intercontinental ballistic missile, advancing its quest to be able to hit the U.S. with a nuclear weapon. Earlier in the day it said it now had a bomb with a maximum force topping 100 kilotons -- more than six times the magnitude of what the U.S. detonated over Hiroshima.