North Korea claims to have successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. North Korea threatens to test a super-powerful hydrogen bomb in the Pacific Ocean. Tests, more powerful than the bombing in Nagasaki and Hiroshima

On Sunday night, North Korea successfully tested a nuclear warhead for an intercontinental ballistic missile.

"In accordance with the order of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) on the development of strategic nuclear weapons, our nuclear scientists successfully tested a hydrogen bomb for intercontinental warheads in the north of the country," Korean Central Television reported.

It is noted that the decision to conduct the next test was given to the Politburo of the Central Committee of the WPK at 03:00 am on Sunday (21:30 Saturday Moscow time - ed.).

Former North Korean leader Kim Chen In said that his country had built its own hydrogen bomb, the components of which were "100 percent manufactured" in North Korea.

As reported by the KCNA agency, citing the North Korean Nuclear Weapons Development Institute, the weapons test did not lead to a radiation leak. The media emphasized that the activation systems of the North Korean bomb worked properly, completely in accordance with the plan of the designers.

At the same time, the China Seismological Center recorded two earthquakes with a magnitude of 6.3 and 4.6, respectively. It is assumed that the tremors occurred in the area of ​​the city of Kilchu, where the Phungeri nuclear test site is located.

The world community has condemned North Korea's sixth nuclear test.

Japanese reaction

Prime Minister of the Land of the Rising Sun Shizo Abe reacted harshly to North Korean actions, calling the bomb test unacceptable.

“North Korea's nuclear test is a blatant and flagrant violation of current UN Security Council resolutions and a serious threat to the security of the region and the entire international community. This is completely unacceptable, ”the politician’s statement emphasizes, excerpts from which TASS cites.

At the same time, speaking to reporters, Abe said that he ordered to maintain contacts with the United States, South Korea, Russia and China in connection with the next nuclear test of the DPRK. The Japanese Foreign Ministry also issued a statement that Moscow and Beijing may impose additional sanctions against Pyongyang in the event of new tests.

Japan also sent a strong protest to North Korea through diplomatic channels and called for the urgent convening of the UN Security Council.

South Korean reaction

South Korean leader Mu Jae In in response to the tests, he promised that Seoul, together with the international community, would take the maximum possible countermeasures. This is stated in a presidential statement released on Sunday.

In addition, the Yonhap news agency reported that the South Korean authorities are ready to consider the option of deploying "the most powerful tactical weapon of the United States" on its territory in light of the new nuclear test of the DPRK.

It is also noted that Seoul intends to insist on the adoption of the most stringent sanctions against Pyongyang.

Chinese reaction

The Chinese authorities strongly condemned the actions of the DPRK, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

“Despite the overwhelming opinion of the international community, the DPRK has once again conducted nuclear tests. The Chinese government expresses its categorical protest against this,” the ministry said in a statement published on the official website.

The department noted that the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula is Beijing's unchanged position.

"We persistently appeal to the North Korean side so that it properly responds to the aspirations of the UN on the problem of the denuclearization of the peninsula," the statement said.

Russia's reaction

The actions of the DPRK aimed at undermining the nuclear non-proliferation regime are regrettable and fraught with serious consequences for Pyongyang itself, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement, which was published on the ministry's website.

“It cannot but cause regret that the leadership of the DPRK, by its actions aimed at undermining the global non-proliferation regime, poses a serious threat to peace and security on the Korean Peninsula and in the region as a whole,” the document says.

Russia called on all parties to immediately return to negotiations on the North Korean issue. From Moscow's point of view, a peaceful resolution of the conflict is the only way out of the situation.

“We call on all interested parties to immediately return to dialogue and negotiations as the only possible way to comprehensively resolve the problems of the Korean Peninsula, including the nuclear one,” the Russian Foreign Ministry noted. “We reaffirm our readiness for joint efforts in this direction, including in the context of the implementation of the Russian-Chinese road map.”

TOKYO, January 6 - RIA Novosti, Ivan Zakharchenko, Ekaterina Plyasunkova. North Korea announced the holding on Wednesday at 04:30 Moscow time of the first, the existence of which was mentioned earlier. Neighboring countries, primarily South Korea and Japan, sounded the alarm and promised to seek new sanctions against the DPRK.

For its part, Pyongyang, having circulated a statement by the government of the country, explained that it went for the development of nuclear weapons to protect itself from the United States and would never be the first to use them unless the sovereignty of the DPRK was violated.

Suspicious earthquake

The alarm was sounded on Wednesday morning after seismologists from different countries recorded an earthquake on the territory of the DPRK, not far from the nuclear test site in the mountainous province of Yangando. Its magnitude reached 5.1, according to European scientists, and 4.3 - according to South Koreans. The epicenter lay at a very shallow depth, less than one kilometer, which immediately aroused suspicions about the possibility of a nuclear test in the north of the Korean Peninsula.

In the afternoon local time, the government's statement was broadcast on the DPRK's central television that an "absolutely successful" test of a hydrogen bomb had been carried out on the orders of the country's leader.

"Until the United States abandons its hostile policy, neither the cessation of nuclear development nor the dismantling of nuclear facilities by the DPRK will ever be possible," the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said in a statement.

"The army and people of the DPRK will firmly build up a just nuclear deterrence force in both quality and quantity in order to reliably guarantee the future of the revolutionary course of Juche (ideology in the DPRK) for all ages," the statement said.

The North Korean government noted that the test of the hydrogen bomb was carried out 100% on its own and with the help of its own technologies.

In another statement, the South Korean government noted that the authorities in Seoul will "work closely with the international community, including allies and countries participating in the Six-Party Talks, to ensure that North Korea pays for the nuclear test, and will take all necessary measures, including additional sanctions in in accordance with the decisions of the UN Security Council.

Japanese reaction

The Japanese government also protested to the DPRK. As the Prime Minister of Japan said, conducting a test in the DPRK is a "serious security threat" to his country and "cannot be justified in any way." "I am making a strong condemnation," Shinzo Abe quoted the Kyodo news agency as saying. "This is a violation of the existing resolutions of the UN Security Council and a serious challenge to all the efforts made in the field of non-proliferation of nuclear weapons," the Japanese prime minister added.

Japanese Cabinet Secretary General Yoshihide Suga told reporters that the test in the DPRK "significantly worsens peace and stability in the region and the world community, clearly violates the relevant UN Security Council resolutions, the Japan-North Korea Declaration and the Joint Six-Party Agreement." "This cannot be accepted by Japan, we strongly condemn and protest against the actions of the DPRK," the secretary general stressed.

According to the Kyodo news agency, a Kawasaki T-4 training aircraft equipped with a dust collector is currently preparing to take off at the Misawa Air Force Base in the northern Aomori prefecture. The purpose of the operation will be to monitor the radiation background in the region after the test of the DPRK. In addition, the Japanese government is holding an emergency meeting to determine response measures in case of changes in the radiation background in the country.

US reaction

The White House has not yet confirmed the conduct of a nuclear test in the DPRK, but called on North Korea to comply with international obligations, Agence France-Presse reports, citing a statement by Ned Price, spokesman for the US National Security Council.

"While we are unable to confirm these statements, we condemn any violation of UN Security Council resolutions and once again call on North Korea to comply with its international obligations," Price said in a statement. Price added that the US would respond appropriately to any provocation by North Korea.

At the same time, the head of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) reacted to the DPRK's statement.

"This action is a violation of generally accepted norms prohibiting nuclear testing," said CTBTO chief Lassina Zerbo. "This (nuclear test) is a serious threat to peace and security," he added.

Pyongyang first announced the creation of nuclear weapons back in 2005, and when it was not believed, it conducted nuclear tests three times along with launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles. The DPRK has repeatedly stated that it did this to protect itself from the United States, so as not to become a "second Iraq." The announcement of a new test, this time of a hydrogen bomb, followed reports of North Korea launching a submarine ballistic missile in the Sea of ​​Japan.

"North Korea apparently tested SLBMs last month," the Yonhap news agency said, citing sources on Wednesday. According to them, "(launch) has not reached a successful stage." North Korea continues to test SLBM missiles, a source told the Yonhap news agency.

The American publication Washington Free Beacon on January 5 reported that the launch was made on December 21 from a submarine near the North Korean port of Sinpo in the Sea of ​​Japan. The publication, citing military sources, claimed that the test was successful.

It followed another test that the DPRK attempted on November 28, but reportedly ended in failure and damaged the Kore (Kit) submarine.

A source from the American publication claims that it will take North Korea only one year to adopt such missiles equipped with nuclear warheads, while other experts express doubts about this.

North Korea announced on Wednesday that it had "successfully" tested a hydrogen bomb.

The test was announced on North Korean state television, but even before that, several monitoring agencies recorded an artificial earthquake in the area of ​​​​the famous nuclear test site in North Korea.

The USGS reported a magnitude 5.1 earthquake whose epicenter, according to South Korea, was located about 50 kilometers from the Pungeri test site, where Pyongyang conducted nuclear tests in the past.

If this information is confirmed, then this will be the fourth nuclear test conducted by North Korea.

“We assume that it was a man-made earthquake. We are analyzing its scale and studying its epicenter together with the South Korean Institute of Geological Sciences and Mineral Resources,” a spokesman for the South Korean weather service told Reuters.

The China Seismological Center described the unusual seismic activity as "a suspected explosion."

The UN Security Council plans to discuss the situation at an emergency meeting on Wednesday morning, several UN-accredited diplomats told Reuters.

US reaction

The White House said it could not yet confirm or deny North Korea's claim. However, a spokesman for the US National Security Council released a statement noting that the US "condemns any violation of UN Security Council resolutions and calls on North Korea to honor its international obligations and promises," writes Voice of America.

Russia's reaction

North Korea's nuclear tests violate the spirit of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) and threaten Russia's national security. Konstantin Kosachev, head of the Federation Council committee on international affairs, wrote about this on his Facebook page.

Australian reaction

Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop protested "strongly against the provocative and dangerous actions of the DPRK regime in claiming to have successfully tested a hydrogen bomb." "Today's nuclear test confirms North Korea's status as a rogue state and the danger it poses to the world," the Australian Foreign Minister said in a statement. - Australia will express its position to the government of the DPRK through direct channels, as well as within the framework of regional and international forums. Together with friends and partners, we will work to support the security of the Republic of Korea and strengthen stability in the Asia-Pacific region.”

The reaction of Paris

Paris called North Korea's hydrogen bomb test an "unacceptable violation" of a UN Security Council resolution. This is stated in the statement of the Elysee Palace. France condemned these actions of Pyongyang, writes TASS.

South Korea

South Korean news agency Yonhap reported that President Park Geun-hye will soon hold a meeting of the National Security Council.

South Korea's defense ministry said the country's military is stepping up surveillance of North Korea.

Japanese reaction

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday that the country must respond decisively to North Korea's nuclear non-proliferation challenge. Abe called the latest nuclear test a threat to Japan's security. In an interview with reporters, the prime minister said that Japan could not come to terms with North Korea's nuclear tests.

North Korea has previously conducted three nuclear tests: in 2006, 2009 and 2013. All of them took place at the Pungeri training ground.

Researchers at the American-Korean Institute at Johns Hopkins University said in December that the latest satellite imagery showed that North Korea was building a new tunnel at the Pungeri test site.

“Although there are no signs of a nuclear test being prepared, the new tunnel strengthens North Korea's ability to carry out additional explosions if it decides to do so,” they said at the time.

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North Korea took US President Donald Trump's speech at the UN about his readiness to "completely destroy" the DPRK as a declaration of war and is ready to retaliate. One of them may be the most powerful in the history of Pyongyang's nuclear tests, an explosion of a hydrogen bomb in the Pacific Ocean. This opportunity was allowed by North Korean Foreign Minister Lee Yong Ho, who arrived in New York to speak at a meeting of the UN General Assembly, Yonhap agency reports. According to him, what exactly will be the response of the DPRK, the leader of the country, Kim Jong-un, will determine.

On September 19, Trump, speaking from the UN podium, noted that the United States, "possessing tremendous strength and patience," could "completely destroy" the DPRK. The American president called Kim Jong-un a "rocket man" whose mission is "suicidal for himself and his regime."

The first reaction of the DPRK to these statements was squeamish: the Foreign Ministry compared Trump's promises with the "barking of a dog" that cannot frighten Pyongyang. However, a day later, the official North Korean agency KCNA published Kim Jong-un's commentary on the words of the American president. He described Trump as a "political heretic", "a hooligan and a troublemaker", threatening to wipe out a sovereign state from the face of the earth. The North Korean leader advised his American colleague to "be careful in the choice of words and be attentive to the statements that he makes in the face of the whole world." Trump, according to Pyongyang, is an "outcast and gangster" who is unsuitable for the country's top command. The leader of the DPRK perceived his speech as a refusal of the United States from peace, called it "the most outrageous declaration of war" and promised to seriously consider "super-tough retaliatory measures." Such measures, according to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the DPRK, could be a super-powerful test of a hydrogen bomb in the Pacific Ocean.

At the end of August, Pyongyang, commenting on the launch of its ballistic missile that flew over Japan for the first time, noted that this was "the first step in the military operation of the Korean People's Army in the Pacific Ocean and a prelude to containing Guam," where US military bases are located.

Pyongyang's threats to test a hydrogen bomb in the Pacific came hours after Trump pledged to further tighten sanctions against North Korea. New restrictions by the UN Security Council were introduced only on 11 September. Then the world organization limited North Korea's ability to import more than 2 million barrels of petroleum products per year, and also imposed a ban on the export of all its textile products and labor, which annually brought at least $1.2 billion. The UN also authorized the freezing of goods transported under the North Korean flag in in case of refusal of the ship's command from the inspection.

These measures were unanimously supported by all 15 member countries of the UN Security Council. However, initially the United States demanded more, in particular, insisted on a complete ban on the import of petroleum products and personal sanctions against Kim Jong-un. On September 21, Trump announced that he was expanding his administration's powers to impose sanctions against the DPRK. His decree is aimed at cutting off financial flows that "feed North Korea's efforts" to develop nuclear weapons. In particular, Washington intends to tighten sanctions against individuals, businesses and banks that do business with North Korea, Fox News reports. Separately, we are talking about suppliers of technology and information to the DPRK.

The signing of Trump's sanctions order was preceded by his consultations on increasing pressure on the DPRK with South Korean leader Moon Jae-in and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

So far, North Korea has conducted its nuclear tests underground. The last, most powerful, happened on September 3rd. Initially, experts estimated its power at 100–120 kt, which is 5–6 times stronger than the previous one, but later increased their estimates to 250 kt. The magnitude of the explosion, originally estimated at 4.8, was later adjusted to 6.1. These estimates confirmed that the DPRK was able to create a hydrogen bomb, since the yield of a conventional atomic bomb is limited to 30 kt. The successful test of a hydrogen bomb - a missile warhead - was officially announced by Pyongyang.

Even after the underground nuclear test of the DPRK, South Korean observers recorded the release of radioactive gas xenon-133 into the atmosphere, although it was stipulated that its concentration was not hazardous to health and the environment. At the same time, the explosion with a capacity of 250 kt is close to the maximum that the North Korean nuclear test site Pungyo-ri could withstand, experts noted. On satellite images, they recorded landslides and rock subsidence at the sites of underground tests, which could potentially lead to a violation of its integrity and the release of radionuclides to the surface. How many more trials he can endure is unknown.

Until now, the presence of a hydrogen bomb has been officially recognized by five countries with the status of nuclear powers - the United States, Russia, Great Britain, France and China. They are permanent members of the UN Security Council with veto power. The completion of the development of such weapons in the DPRK is not recognized.

Pyongyang, by its actions aimed at undermining the global nuclear non-proliferation regime, poses a serious threat to peace and security. This is how our Foreign Ministry commented on the test of the hydrogen bomb, which North Korea announced on September 3.

The diplomats stressed that the continuation of the tests is fraught with serious consequences for the DPRK itself. At the same time, it was once again noted on Smolenskaya Square that the only possible way to resolve the problems of the Korean Peninsula is through peaceful negotiations.

“It cannot but cause regret that the leadership of the DPRK, by its actions aimed at undermining the global non-proliferation regime, poses a serious threat to peace and security on the Korean Peninsula and in the region as a whole. The continuation of such a line is fraught with serious consequences for the DPRK itself. We call on all interested parties to immediately return to dialogue and negotiations as the only possible way to comprehensively resolve the problems of the Korean Peninsula, including the nuclear one,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Alarming messages from the DPRK began to arrive in the morning. Before Pyongyang announced that it had tested a hydrogen bomb in the area of ​​​​the test site, which had already tested nuclear weapons, a powerful earthquake was recorded. Echoes reached Vladivostok.

Seoul has already announced that the defense departments of South Korea and the United States agreed to consider all options for a military response to the actions of the DPRK as soon as possible. And Tokyo called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council.

"Today, September 3, at 12:00, North Korean scientists successfully tested a hydrogen warhead designed to equip intercontinental ballistic missiles at the northern test site," a North Korean television announcer said.

Now hydrogen. Pyongyang is moving towards the status of a nuclear superpower. Sanctions, persuasion, threats, indignation of the world community - nothing helps. According to South Korean experts, the power of the bomb exploded on September 3 can reach 100 kilotons. For comparison, this is about six Hiroshima. The explosion triggered an earthquake about 10 times stronger than what happened last year when Pyongyang conducted its last nuclear test.

Seismologists sensed something was wrong even before the official announcement of the Koreans. The echoes of the earthquake, as it is now clear - man-made, were felt far beyond the borders of the DPRK, including in Vladivostok.

“I felt dizzy, at first I didn’t understand, I thought I felt bad. Then I look - the ground is leaving from under my feet, things are shaking, there were flowers on the window - the flowers were shaking. I run out into the corridor - I see that the mannequin is shaking there, ”said a resident of Vladivostok.

“In terms of distance, it is approximately 250-300 kilometers from Vladivostok. At the epicenter of the earthquake itself, in all likelihood, there were about seven points. On the border of Primorye, somewhere around five points. In Vladivostok - no more than two or three points," said the seismologist on duty Amed Saiduloev.

Pyongyang confirmed the test report with a photo report on the development of a compact hydrogen warhead. It is argued that the DPRK has enough of its own resources mined in the country to create such a bomb. During the work on installing a warhead on a rocket, Kim Jong-un was personally present.

“The great leader looked at the hydrogen bomb that will be installed on the new intercontinental ballistic missile. Kim Jong Un said we can build as many nuclear weapons as we want."

As usual, the neighbors were alarmed. South Korea has stated that it will seek complete international isolation of the DPRK. And, perhaps, will host the most powerful tactical weapon. In Japan, a crisis headquarters has been set up at the Prime Minister's Office.

“We are analyzing all our intelligence data in order to properly inform our citizens about what happened, as well as discuss it with representatives of the countries concerned - the United States, South Korea, China and Russia. Conducting another nuclear test is absolutely unacceptable, and we must respond harshly,” said Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Over the past year, the DPRK has repeatedly tested ballistic missiles. The last launch is this week, on Tuesday, August 29th. A medium-range missile entered Japanese airspace and fell into the Pacific Ocean. Flew a little more than 2.5 thousand kilometers.

Tests in the midst of US and South Korean exercises. Russia and China have proposed a double freeze plan, with the US and South Korea halting their exercises and North Korea halting their tests. After all, saber-rattling only leads to escalation.

But in Seoul they were quick to report that they had tested the latest super-heavy bombs. And in response to the North Korean missile launch, the United States and South Korea held joint air force exercises. The same - indicative. The world is being tested on both sides.