Top US Nuke Commander ‘Assumes’ North Korea Tested Hydrogen Bomb

General John Hyten, the incoming commander of the United States Strategic Command, speaks to reporters following a change of command ceremony at Offutt Air Force Base in Bellevue, Neb., Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
General John Hyten, the incoming commander of the United States Strategic Command, speaks to reporters following a change of command ceremony at Offutt Air Force Base in Bellevue, Neb., Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016. (AP Ph... General John Hyten, the incoming commander of the United States Strategic Command, speaks to reporters following a change of command ceremony at Offutt Air Force Base in Bellevue, Neb., Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik) MORE LESS

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.

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  1. 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?

  2. Avatar for imkmu3 imkmu3 says:

    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!

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