WHITE HOUSE EXPRESSES DOUBT OVER NORTH KOREA CLAIMS OF SUCCESSFUL HYDROGEN BOMB.

 

The White House has expressed doubt over whether North Korea has actually successfully tested a hydrogen bomb.
According to reports, an initial analysis of the available data was "is not consistent" with North Korea's claims that they had deployed a hydrogen bomb for the first time, they said.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest said nothing had happened to change the USA's assessment of North Korea's technical or military capabilities, and added the government is still working to learn more about the claimed test.

Experts cast doubts on North Korea's hydrogen bomb test claims

Experts have echoed the White House's doubts, claiming that the explosion from the bomb was not large enough to have truly been created by a hydrogen bomb.
This White House announcement came after the United Nations (UN) Security Council said it "strongly condemns" the claimed test.

The council added it would immediately pursue sanctions against the country.
Elbio Rosselli Frieri, the head of the Security Council, said Council members had "previously expressed their determination to take further significant measures in the event of another DPRK (North Korea) nuclear test."
"In line with this commitment and the gravity of this violation, the members of the Security Council will begin to work immediately on such measures in a new Security Council resolution," he said.