The Korean Peninsula: Is There a Nuclear War Coming?

... a bluff? The political aftertaste REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/Pixstream Gleb Ivashentsov: Korea’s Wound That Will Not Heal What exactly exploded at the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site in the northeast of the country? Judging by the text of the official North Korean statement , it was an experimental hydrogen bomb. According to nuclear experts, it probably was a boosted fission – a charge on the basis of tritium, which allows using weapons-usable nuclear materials such as plutonium or uranium more efficiently, that is, provide more power with ...