Sept. 2 (UPI) — The North Korean regime said leader Kim Jong Un watched as nuclear scientists loaded a hydrogen bomb onto a missile, a new technological feat that has yet to be independently confirmed.
According to the state-run Korean Central News Agency, the Kim regime completed its most recent advance in atomic weaponry Saturday. The agency described the warhead as a “thermonuclear hydrogen bomb” with an adjustable explosive capacity of hundreds of kilotons.
The United States and other nations have not confirmed the veracity of North Korea’s claim.
“The H-bomb, the explosive power of which is adjustable from tens kiloton to hundreds kiloton, is a multi-functional thermonuclear nuke with great destructive power which can be detonated even at high altitudes for super-powerful EMP (electromagnetic pulse) attack according to strategic goals,” KCNA reported in English.
The development comes days after North Korea launched a long-range intercontinental ballistic missile over Japan, prompting an angry response from the United States and regional allies.
