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No, but experts in the field tend to believe a yield this large is explained by a hydrogen bomb: > That means it's probably "only" a few hundred kilotons depen
by bb611 9y ago
No, but experts in the field tend to believe a yield this large is explained by a hydrogen bomb:
> That means it's probably "only" a few hundred kilotons depending on depth. 8/
Still a staged TN weapon. But I need to sleep. 9/
https://twitter.com/ArmsControlWonk/status/904197086815543296 https://twitter.com/ArmsControlWonk/status/90419708681554329...
- anfractuosity 9y agoCheers, that's very interesting. I just found this too (from 2016), which backs up what you're saying https://www.wired.com/2016/01/science-can-tell-if-north-koreas-test-was-really-an-h-bomb/ https://www.wired.com/2016/01/science-can-tell-if-north-kore... It seems according to that, you could only tell from the radionuclides emitted as to what type of bomb it was. Interestingly there was a 500kt fission bomb - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_King https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_King (but I assume experts must have a particular reason for thinking the DPRK detonation was a type of hydrogen bomb).