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I'm not well schooled in nuclear bombs. What's the payload, how does this compare to their previous tests, and what's next?
I'm not well schooled in nuclear bombs. What's the payload, how does this compare to their previous tests, and what's next?
You can surround the fusion stage with natural uranium. While natural uranium has to much U-238 to undergo a runaway chain reaction, the fission reaction emits enough high energy neutrons to induce a significant fission reaction.
Here's a New York Times report: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/06/world/asia/north-korean-tr...
No real detail, though. Artificial earthquake detected. North Korea apparently claims a successful hydrogen bomb test.