North Korea tested a "miniaturized" hydrogen bomb tonight. The test, which took place successfully, was carried out less than a month after the announcement of the technology developed by North Korean engineers. State television, using customary propaganda tones, issued a statement signed by the government: "It was a great success, the next step could be a nuclear bomb. Weapons necessary to defend ourselves from our enemies and from the United States ".
Tough the Pentagon comment: "We condemn any violation of UN Security Council resolutions and call on North Korea to respect its international obligations and commitments".
We strongly condemn - add from South Korea - the UN must intervene to avoid possible nuclear tests.
Finally, the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said alarmed because the test poses a threat to the security of his nation.
"We have become a great nuclear power capable of protecting the independence and national dignity of our homeland with the strength of hydrogen nuclear bombs". This is what Kim Jong-un, leader of North Korea, said last December 10 during a visit to an artillery factory in the capital Pyongyang. "We need and need to strengthen our defense sector."
La US Geological Survey he found a magnitude 5.1 earthquake a few hours ago, at 30 miles north of Kilju, in the north-eastern part of the country where North Korea's main nuclear test site is located.
(photo: KCNA)
