March 28, 2024
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Does North Korea have an H-bomb?

Experts, intelligence organizations indicate device may be step before true H-bomb

Correction: This article originally had Jeffrey Lewis's affiliation as the Monterey Institute for International Studeis, the previous name for the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey.

North Korea claimed to have conduced a successful test of a hydrogen bomb (H-bomb) on Wednesday morning. Experts expressed mixed opinions, indicating that North Korea may have anything from a real H-bomb to the stage before it in development.

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