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U.S. convinced N’Korea may have tested H’bomb

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After initially waving aside North Korea’s claim of testing a hydrogen bomb, the U.S. says it now has cause to believe that the Asian country actually attempted to test components of a hydrogen bomb on the 6th of January.

The U.S. came to the conclusion after further review and analysis of the latest intelligence information with an American official directly familiar with the latest U.S. assessment saying; “There may have been a partial, failed test of some type of components associated with a hydrogen bomb.”

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Though, those involved in carrying out the assessment emphasised that there is no final conclusion, the belief that North Korea attempted to test a hydrogen bomb was reached after careful examination of the latest intelligence analysis of the test data.

It could be recalled that immediately North Korea carried out the test early this month, White House Press Secretary of the U.S. Josh Earnest said the initial analysis that have been conducted was “not consistent” with a successful hydrogen bomb test.

“The U.S. still does not accept North Korea’s claim that it tested a hydrogen bomb, but air sampling conducted after the test has proved inconclusive, Earnest further said at the time.

Those comments prompted another look at the seismic data of the area where the hydrogen bomb was tested which now proves that North Korea actually carried out a hydrogen bomb test.

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