OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. (AP) — The top commander of U.S. nuclear forces says he assumes the Sept. 3 nuclear test by North Korea was a hydrogen bomb.
Air Force Gen. John E. Hyten, commander of Strategic Command, told reporters that while he was not in a position to confirm it, he assumes from the size of the underground explosion and other factors that it was a hydrogen bomb — which is a leap beyond the fission, or atomic, bombs North Korea has previously tested.
North Korea claimed they exploded a hydrogen bomb, and while U.S. officials have not contradicted them, they have not confirmed it, either.
Hyten says a North Korean H-bomb is worrying because of the scale of destruction it could cause if used in war.
Hyten says a North Korean H-bomb is worrying because of the scale of destruction it could cause if used in war.
Can you kick that concept upstairs to the Oval Trailer, General?
Coming soon A special appropriation to deal with the looming North Korean nuclear threat.
Let’s develop a super special weapon system to fight it!
Then cancel that program after $11 billion in research.
Then fund an even newer program with a cost of $23 billion.
Then in 4 years, cancel that.
Wash, rinse, repeat. If we don’t have dastardly enemies, what’s the point in having a military that funded to the tune of $600 billion a year? (Yes really.)
Oh, wait. Nukes! H-Bombs! Where’s my funding damn it!