How North Korea celebrated its Hydrogen Bomb Test
North Korea state-owned broadcaster confirmed earlier in September that Kim Jong Un’s military successfully tested its missile-ready Hydrogen bomb, and the news sparked frenzied celebrations around the country.
The successful missile launch further strained DPRK’s already downhill relationship with world leaders who feared the country is getting very close to its goal of owning an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM).
President Trump responded to the threats from his N. Korean counterpart with a series of tweets.
The US President referred to DPRK as a “rogue nation” and remarked that its “words and actions continue to be very hostile and dangerous to the United States.”
“South Korea is finding, as I have told them, that their talk of appeasement with North Korea will not work, they only understand one thing!” Trump tweeted, obviously calling for an all-out assault on the erring leader.
“It is absolutely unacceptable if North Korea did force another nuclear test, and we must protest strongly,” Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said, according to the Associated Press.
Hydrogen bombs, or H-bombs use fusion, the same process that powers the sun.
In a hydrogen (thermonuclear) bomb, “heavy” isotopes of hydrogen are forced together to release a much bigger punch — hundreds or even thousands of times more powerful than the only nuclear weapons that have been used in warfare.
The nuclear test was estimated to have a strength of 100 kilotons, according to South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency, citing South Korean lawmaker Kim Young-woo, chief of the parliament’s defense committee.
Another banner proclaimed: “No one can stop us on our road to the future.” Photo: Civilians and military personnel participate in a mass rally to mark their country’s nuclear test.
That yield would be five-to-10 times more powerful than North Korea’s previous test in 2016 — and about five times the power of the bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, in World War II.
South Korea said a 20-minute emergency phone call took place with U.S. national security adviser H.R. McMaster and his South Korean counterpart, Chung Eui-yong, about an hour after the detonation.
Moon will seek further diplomatic means to “completely isolate” North Korea, Chung said at a news briefing. Chung also said Seoul would discuss with Washington the possible deployment of “the most powerful U.S. strategic military assets to South Korea.”
Here are a few pictures from North Korea’s celebration of its successful nuke test:
Pyongyang residents celebrate the successful completion of the hydrostatic test for the intercontinental ballistic rocket installation on September 6, 2017.
The rally was attended by senior officials of the ruling party, the state and the army, as well as those who contributed to the successful testing of the hydrogen bomb, party workers, officers and soldiers and other citizens. Photo: Pyongyang residents welcome contributors to the nuclear test.
Inhabitants of the capital lined the streets on Wednesday to wave pink and purple pom-poms and toss confetti to welcome a convoy of buses carrying the specialists into the city.
“We offer the greatest honor to Comrade Kim Jong-Un, the Supreme Leader who brought us the greatest achievement in the history of the Korean people,” read one banner on the square, where thousands of people were gathered for the celebration. Photo: Pyongyang residents celebrate the nuclear test on September 6, 2017.
During the event, speakers praised the success of the super-powerful thermonuclear weapon. Photo: Pyongyang residents celebrate the successful nuke test on September 6, 2017.
People react as members who have contributed to the success of the hydrostatic test for intercontinental ballistic rockets arrive in Pyongyang on September 6, 2017.
Members who have contributed to the success of the hydrostatic test for intercontinental ballistic rockets arrive in Pyongyang on September 6, 2017.
