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09.03.2017:Dear JFK Murder Solved Forum Members and Readers:NORTH KOREA CONDUCTED A HYDROGEN BOMB TEST, ITS 6TH NUKE TEST, AND IT IS A CONFIRMED COMPLETE SUCCESS.THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY STATED THAT AN ARTIFICIAL EARTHQUAKE OF 6.3 WAS GENERATED. THE PREVIOUS LARGEST ARTIFICIAL EARTHQUAKE WAS 5.3.THIS MAKES KIM JONG UN'S INFLAMMATORY RHETORIC MORE THAN STICKS AND STONES FOR SURE. THIS SERIOUSLY ESCALATES THE COMPOUNDING PROBLEMS WITH NORTH KOREA. (09.03.2017, BB).NORTH KOREA SAY 6TH NUKE TEST WAS H-BOMB, “PERFECT SUCCESS”:Associated Press Eric Talmadge, Associated Press, Associated Press 16 minutes ago TOKYO (AP) -- North Korea announced it detonated a thermonuclear device Sunday in its sixth and most powerful nuclear test to date, a big step toward its goal of developing nuclear weapons capable of striking anywhere in the U.S. The North called it a "perfect success" while its neighbors condemned the blast immediately.Though the precise strength of the explosion has yet to be determined, South Korea's weather agency said the artificial earthquake it caused was five to six times stronger than tremors generated by its previous tests. It reportedly shook buildings in China and in Russia.The test was carried out at 12:29 p.m. local time at the Punggye-ri site where North Korea has also conducted past nuclear tests. Officials in Seoul put the magnitude at 5.7, while the U.S. Geological Survey said it was a magnitude 6.3. The strongest artificial quake from previous tests was a magnitude 5.3.North Korea's state-run television broadcast a special bulletin Sunday afternoon to announce the test. It said leader Kim Jong Un attended a meeting of the ruling party's presidium and signed the go-ahead order. Earlier in the day, the party's newspaper ran a front-page story showing photos of Kim examining what it said was a nuclear warhead being fitted onto the nose of an intercontinental ballistic missile.U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday on Twitter that the North's "words and actions continue to be very hostile and dangerous" to the U.S. He called it "a rogue nation which has become a great threat and embarrassment to China, which is trying to help but with little success."China is by far the North's biggest trading partner, but Trump on Sunday appeared to be more critical of South Korean President Moon Jae-in, who has attempted to reach out to the North."South Korea is finding, as I have told them, that their talk of appeasement with North Korea will not work, they only understand one thing!" Trump tweeted.Sunday's detonation builds on recent North Korean advances that include test launches in July of two ICBMs that are believed to be capable of reaching the mainland United States. Pyongyang says its missile development is part of a defensive effort to build a viable nuclear deterrent that can target U.S. cities.China's foreign ministry said in a statement that the Chinese government has "expressed firm opposition and strong condemnation" and urged North Korea to "stop taking erroneous actions that deteriorate the situation."South Korea held a National Security Council meeting chaired by Moon. Officials in Seoul also said U.S. National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster spoke with his South Korean counterpart for 20 minutes about an hour after the detonation.Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called the test "absolutely unacceptable."The nuclear test is the first since Trump assumed office in January. Trump has been talking tough with the North, suggesting it would see fire, fury and power unlike any the world had ever witnessed if it continued even verbal threats.Nuclear tests are crucial to perfect sophisticated technologies and to demonstrate to the world that claims of nuclear prowess are not merely a bluff.The North claimed the device it tested was a thermonuclear weapon — commonly called an H-bomb. That could be hard to independently confirm. It said the underground test site did not leak radioactive materials, which would make such a determination even harder.At the same time, the simple power of the blast was convincing. Japan's Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera said it might have been as powerful as 70 kilotons. North Korea's previous largest was thought to be anywhere from 10 to 30 kilotons."We cannot deny it was an H-bomb test," Onodera said.North Korea conducted two nuclear tests last year and has been launching missiles at a record pace this year. It fired a potentially nuclear-capable midrange missile over northern Japan last week in response to ongoing U.S.-South Korea military exercises.It said that launch was the "curtain-raiser" for more activity to come.Just before Sunday's test, according to state media, Kim and the other senior leaders at the party presidium meeting discussed "detailed ways and measures for containing the U.S. and other hostile forces' vicious moves for sanctions."The photos released earlier Sunday showed Kim talking with his lieutenants as he observed a silver, peanut-shaped device that the state-run media said was designed to be mounted on the North's "Hwasong-14" ICBM.The North claims the device was made domestically and has explosive power that can range from tens to hundreds of kilotons. For context, the bomb dropped on Hiroshima by the United States had a 15-kiloton yield.North Korea's recent activity has been especially bold.Pyongyang followed its two ICBM tests by announcing a plan to launch a salvo of intermediate range missiles toward the U.S. Pacific island territory of Guam. Kim signed off on the plan, but is watching the moves by the U.S. before deciding when or whether to carry it out.Guam is a sore point for Pyongyang because it is home to a squadron of B-1B bombers that the North fears could be used to attack their country. The U.S. on Thursday had sent the bombers and F-35 stealth fighters to the skies of South Korea in a show of force — and North Korea strongly protested.Options to pressure Pyongyang would appear to be limited. Further economic and trade sanctions, increased diplomatic pressure and boosting military maneuvers or shows of force would likely all be on the table.The two Koreas have shared the world's most heavily fortified border since their war in the early 1950s ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty. About 28,500 American troops are deployed in South Korea as deterrence against North Korea.___Follow @NickBrombergReutersNORTH KOREAN BOMB PROMPTS GLOBAL CONDEMNATION:Reuters Reuters 21 minutes ago LONDON (Reuters) - North Korea's biggest nuclear test to date was condemned around the world on Sunday, with U.S. President Donald Trump saying "appeasement" would not work as the authorities in Pyongyang "only understand one thing".The explosion of what North Korea said was an advanced hydrogen bomb came just days after it fired a missile over Japan and a few hours after Trump spoke with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe by phone about the "escalating" nuclear crisis.Trump, who said after last week's missile launch that talking to Pyongyang "is not the answer", tweeted that Sunday's test showed North Korea's "words and actions continue to be very hostile and dangerous to the United States".China had tried but failed to solve the problem, he said, while what he called South Korea's "talk of appeasement" would not work as "they (the North Koreans) only understand one thing!".Russia struck a more cautious tone."In the emerging conditions it is absolutely essential to keep cool, refrain from any actions that could lead to a further escalation of tensions," Russia's foreign ministry said, adding that North Korea risked "serious consequences".Moscow said talks were the only way to resolve the crisis. Later on Sunday, Russian President Vladimir Putin was set to meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in China.China urged North Korea to stop "wrong" actions and said it would fully enforce U.N. resolutions on the country.Britain's foreign minister Boris Johnson called the nuclear test "reckless" and a "provocation"."They seem to be moving closer towards a hydrogen bomb which, if fitted to a successful missile, would unquestionably present a new order of threat," he told Sky news, adding that there were no palatable military solutions.French President Emmanuel Macron urged the United Nations Security Council to act."The international community must treat this new provocation with the utmost firmness, in order to bring North Korea to come back unconditionally to the path of dialogue and to proceed to the complete, verifiable and irreversible dismantling of its nuclear and ballistic program," he said in a statement.The International Atomic Energy Agency, which has no access to North Korea, called the nuclear test, Pyongyang's sixth since 2006, "an extremely regrettable act" that was "in complete disregard of the repeated demands of the international community."(Reporting by Reuters bureaux; Writing by Robin Pomeroy; Editing by John Stonestreet)ReutersTrump hints at withdrawal from U.S.-South Korea free trade dealReuters By Steve Holland,Reuters 9 hours ago By Steve HollandHOUSTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Saturday said he would discuss the fate of a five-year-old U.S.-South Korean free trade deal with his advisers next week, in a move that could see him pull out of the accord with a key American ally at a time of heightened tensions on the Korean peninsula.Trump made his remarks to reporters while visiting hurricane-hit Houston a day after he spoke with South Korean President Moon Jae-in and struck a deal allowing Seoul access to longer-range missiles as well as a potential arms sale.The U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS), hammered out by Trump's Democratic predecessor Barack Obama, has been a frequent target for Trump, who in earlier interviews with Reuters threatened to withdraw from what he called an unequal deal in which Washington runs a goods trade deficit of almost $28 billion with Seoul."It is very much on my mind," Trump said in Houston when asked if he is talking to advisers and will do something about the pact this week.The U.S. Chamber of Commerce said in an email to members that it and other business groups "have received multiple reports" that the Trump administration is prepared to notify South Korea of its intent to withdraw from KORUS on Tuesday, and possibly sooner.The largest U.S. business lobby urged member companies to have senior executives call the White House and other administration officials to tell them not to proceed, and to enlist Republican governors in the effort."This is an all hands on deck effort," the group said in a memo seen by Reuters that recalled another emergency campaign in April to persuade Trump not to withdraw from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).Trump agreed to renegotiate NAFTA's terms but on Aug. 27 renewed his threat to scrap the 23-year-old trade pact, even as U.S., Canadian and Mexican trade negotiators were preparing for this weekend's second round of talks in Mexico City.Trump is also likely to face resistance from within his own administration to any move to quit KORUS. National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn and other senior administration officials had opposed a unilateral NAFTA withdrawal.Trump's comments on Saturday came amid a standoff over North Korea's missile and nuclear tests. North Korea sharply raised regional tension this week with the launch of its Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ballistic missile, which flew over Japan and landed in the Pacific.Washington wants to change the South Korea deal to help cut its trade deficit with Asia's fourth-largest economy.A South Korean trade ministry official said the government has been "thoroughly preparing for all possibilities" and would negotiate with Washington with an open attitude.South Korean and U.S. officials began talks about possible revisions to the agreement on Aug. 22 but failed to agree on how to move forward. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, South Korean Trade Minister Kim Hyun-chong and the trade pact's joint steering committee participated in a one-day videoconference that ended without a decision on the next steps for possible revisions.The pact was initially negotiated by the Republican administration of President George W. Bush in 2007, but that version was scrapped and renegotiated by Obama's administration three years later.Trump has blamed the accord on his 2016 Democratic presidential election opponent, Hillary Clinton, who as Obama's secretary of state promoted the final version of the agreement before its approval by the U.S. Congress in 2011.Pulling out of KORUS would mark the latest step taken by Trump to abandon the type of international trade agreement that had exemplified world economics for decades.Days after taking office in January, Trump formally abandoned the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), an ambitious accord brokered by Obama that would have joined a dozen nations from Canada and Chile to Australia and Japan in a complicated array of trade rules.(Additional reporting by David Lawder in Mexico City and Jane Chung in Seoul, writing by David Chance; Editing by Will Dunham and Himani Sarkar)AFPChronology of North Korean missile developmentAFP AFP 8 hours ago Seoul (AFP) - North Korea appeared to carry out a sixth nuclear test Sunday, with seismic monitors measuring an "explosion" of 6.3 magnitude near its main test site.Japan's government said it confirmed a nuclear test had been carried out.Hours earlier, Pyongyang's state media claimed that the country had developed a thermonuclear warhead that could be fitted onto its new intercontinental ballistic missile, another brazen assertion of its weapons capabilities.The official Korean Central News Agency said leader Kim Jong-Un had inspected a miniaturised H-bomb that could be loaded onto a missile -- although doubts remain over the veracity of Pyongyang's claims.Here are key dates in the North's quest to develop a nuclear-tipped missile capable of hitting the United States:Late 1970s: North Korea starts working on a version of the Soviet Scud-B (range 300 kilometres or 185 miles). Test-fired in 1984.1987-92: Begins developing variant of Scud-C (range 500 km), Rodong-1 (1,300 km), Taepodong-1 (2,500 km), Musudan-1 (3,000 km) and Taepodong-2 (6,700 km).Aug 1998: Test-fires Taepodong-1 rocket over Japan in what it calls a satellite launch -- the US and others say it is a missile test.Sept 1999: Declares moratorium on long-range missile tests amid improving ties with US.July 12, 2000: Fifth round of US-North Korean missile talks in Kuala Lumpur ends without agreement after North demands $1 billion a year in return for halting missile exports.March 3, 2005: Pyongyang ends moratorium on long-range missile testing, blames Bush administration's "hostile" policy.July 5, 2006: Test-fires seven missiles, including a long-range Taepodong-2 which explodes after 40 seconds.Oct 9, 2006: Conducts underground nuclear test, its first.April 5, 2009: Launches long-range rocket which flies over Japan and lands in the Pacific, in what it says is an attempt to put a satellite into orbit. The United States, Japan and South Korea see it as a disguised test of a Taepodong-2.May 25, 2009: Conducts its second underground nuclear test, several times more powerful than the first.April 13, 2012: Launches what it has said is a long-range rocket to put a satellite into orbit, but which disintegrates soon after blast-off.December 12, 2012: Launches a multi-stage rocket and successfully places an Earth observational satellite in orbit.February 12, 2013: Conducts its third underground nuclear test.January 6, 2016: Conducts its fourth underground nuclear test, which it says was a hydrogen bomb -- a claim doubted by most experts.March 9, 2016: Kim Jong-Un claims the North has successfully miniaturised a thermo-nuclear warhead.April 23, 2016: Pyongyang test-fires a submarine-launched ballistic missile.July 8, 2016: US and South Korea announce plans to deploy an advanced missile defence system -- THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense).August 3, 2016: North Korea fires a ballistic missile directly into Japan's maritime economic zone for the first time.September 9, 2016: Conducts fifth nuclear test, its most powerful to date.March 6, 2017: Fires four ballistic missiles in what it says is an exercise to hit US bases in Japan.March 7, 2017: US begins deploying THAAD missile defence system in South Korea.May 14, 2017: North Korea fires a ballistic missile which flies 700 kilometres before landing in the Sea of Japan. Analysts say it has an imputed range of 4,500 kilometres (2,800 miles) and brings Guam within reach.July 4, 2017: Test-fires a ballistic missile that analysts say brings Alaska within reach. Pyongyang later says it was a "landmark" test of a Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).July 28, 2017: Launches an ICBM with a theoretical range of 10,000 kilometres, meaning it could hit much of the United States.August 26, 2017: Fires three short-range ballistic missiles.August 29, 2017: Fires ballistic missile over Japan and into the Pacific, acknowledging for the first time that it has done so. South Korea says it flew around 2,700 kilometres at a maximum altitude of about 550 kilometres.September 3, 2017: North Korea appears to carry out sixth nuclear test, with seismic monitors measuring an "explosion" of 6.3 magnitude near its main test site. Japan's government confirms a nuclear test has been carried out.The apparent test comes hours after Pyongyang state media shows leader Kim Jong-Un inspecting what it professes to be an H-bomb that can be loaded onto an ICBM. The claims have not been confirmed. As always, I strongly recommend that you first read, research, and study material completely yourself about a Subject Matter, and then formulate your own Opinions and Theories.Any additional analyses, interviews, investigations, readings, research, studies, thoughts,or writings on any aspect of this Subject Matter ?Bear in mind that we are trying to attract and educate a Whole New Generation of JFKResearchers who may not be as well versed as you.Comments ?Respectfully,BB.

09.03.2017:Dear JFK Murder Solved Forum Members and Readers:NORTH KOREA'S SUCCESSFUL DETONATION OF A HYDROGEN BOMB MAY NOT BE AS IRRATIONAL AND UNBALANCED AS IT MAY SEEM. IT MAY BE FOLLOWING AN EXTREMELY REFINED ABILITY AND PATTERN IN "CALIBRATING AND TIMING ITS ACTIONS TO MAXIMIZE THEIR IMPACT."HYDROGEN BOMB DETONATION SERIOUSLY RAISES THE POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES NO MATTER WHAT THE INTENTIONS. (09.03.2017, BB).OLD PLAYBOOK BEHIND NORTH KOREA’S NEW NUCLEAR TEST:AFP AFP 5 hours ago The path to Pyongyang's latest nuclear test followed a textbook North Korean strategy: escalating provocations accompanied by furious denunciations of annual South Korea-US military exercises.In the 12 days since Washington praised Pyongyang's "restraint" and held out the prospect of early talks, the North has fired three short-range missiles, sent another one soaring over Japan and detonated what appears to be a full-fledged thermonuclear device."The hydrogen bomb test was a perfect success," an announcer on state TV claimed after Sunday's test.While some western media delight in portraying the North Korean regime as irrational -- or even unbalanced -- experts say it demonstrates an extremely refined ability in calibrating and timing its actions to maximize their impact.The fuse for Sunday's detonation was lit with the test in July of two intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) that appeared to bring much of the US within range.That sparked a fierce warning by President Donald Trump that Washington could rain "fire and fury" on the North, while Pyongyang unveiled a plan to fire a salvo of missiles towards the US territory of Guam.North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un later said he was putting the plan on hold, but warned he could still give the order depending on Washington's next move.The final countdown then began on August 21 when the United States and South Korea kicked off an annual military exercise called "Ulchi Freedom Guardian" involving tens of thousands of troops.The North, which sees such war games as rehearsals for invasion, said the US would be "pouring gasoline on fire" by going ahead with the drill.Its initial military response came on August 26 with the relatively innocuous launch of three short-range ballistic missiles.That was followed three days later by the far more provocative launch of an intermediate-range missile over Japan -- a move that triggered consternation in Tokyo and the wider region.Sunday's H-bomb test was flagged just hours before by the release in the North's state media of photos of Kim inspecting a "thermonuclear weapon" capable of being mounted on an ICBM.More than 60 years after the end of the Korean War, the impoverished North uses the perceived threat of US invasion to justify its nuclear weapons program.The annual military exercises in the South always lead to a sharp rise in tensions, and the North's fifth nuclear test on September 9 last year also followed the annual war games.China, under fire from Trump for failing to restrain its neighbor and ally, has pushed for a suspension of the North's nuclear and missile tests in exchange for a halt to the drills -- a quid pro quo firmly rejected by Seoul and Washington.If the North's playbook for the latest test is familiar, there is a wild card in the form of the new occupant of the White House.While his advisers stress diplomacy, President Trump has repeatedly raised the option of military measures to shut down the North's nuclear and missile programs.As always, I strongly recommend that you first read, research, and study material completely yourself about a Subject Matter, and then formulate your own Opinions and Theories.Any additional analyses, interviews, investigations, readings, research, studies, thoughts,or writings on any aspect of this Subject Matter ?Bear in mind that we are trying to attract and educate a Whole New Generation of JFKResearchers who may not be as well versed as you.Comments ?Respectfully,BB.

09.03.2017:Dear JFK Murder Solved Forum Member and Readers:NORTH KOREA'S SUCCESSFUL HYDROGEN BOMB TEST HAS CAUSED GRAVE IMMEDIATE CONCERNS WITH CHINA, GUAM, JAPAN, AND SOUTH KOREA.THE WORLD IS WAITING FOR WHAT THE U.S., AND PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP DOES. AT THIS POINT WE ARE CLEARLY BEYOND TWEETS.(09.03.2017, BB).NORTH KOREA’S NUCLEAR AND MISSILE TESTS ARE AIMED AT SPLITTING ITS RIVALS:Foreign Policy Magazine Leif-Eric Easley,Foreign Policy Magazine 5 hours ago On September 3, North Korea conducted its sixth nuclear test, soon after claiming it had miniaturized an advanced nuclear warhead. This came just days after Pyongyang launched an intermediate-range Hwasong-12 in its first overt missile test to fly over Japan’s main islands. The Japanese government alerted citizens to take cover with text messages and public sirens before the missile crashed into waters off the east coast of Hokkaido. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the missile represented an “unprecedented, grave and serious threat,” and called the nuclear test “unacceptable.”Kim Jong Un’s regime has tested more missiles this year than North Korea conducted in nearly two decades under Kim Jong Il. This aggressive testing schedule, in flagrant violation of U.N. Security Council Resolutions, appears determined to make credible North Korean threats that it could deliver a nuclear weapon to the United States, Japan or South Korea.In addition to advancing its military capabilities, Pyongyang’s missile and nuclear tests have the diplomatic goal of driving wedges among the United States, its allies, and China. The Kim regime seeks to divide its neighbors to extract concessions, bust sanctions, and forestall increases in coordinated pressure. Yet if the United States strengthens trilateral cooperation with Japan and South Korea, it can counter Pyongyang’s threats and encourage China to force North Korea back to denuclearization talks.Pyongyang’s ability to divide Washington and Tokyo depends on the Trump administration’s capacity to reassure Japan, and how proactive the Abe government appears on security policy. In the face of North Korea’s actions, Japanese could perceive the Trump administration as distracted by political issues ranging from Russia-gate to Charlottesville. Meanwhile, a U.S. leadership focused on alliance burden-sharing could interpret Japan’s growing need for extended deterrence as free-riding.Yet even given this, Pyongyang’s odds of dividing Washington and Tokyo are slim. The U.S. government is very supportive of Japan; official attention and commitment are strong, despite domestic demands and a still understaffed administration. Moreover, the Abe government is keen to increase defense contributions and coordination with the United States.North Korea’s provocations are more likely to complicate relations between Seoul and Tokyo. Security cooperation between South Korea and Japan has recently improved, including high-level dialogues, intelligence sharing, and anti-submarine and missile defense exercises. However, this progress remains tentative and under-advertised by the South Korean government to its own public.South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s administration only quietly reassured Tokyo about limiting the effects of private wartime labor claims, and renewed the GSOMIA intelligence-sharing agreement with minimal fanfare. This is largely because South Korean politicians consider it a domestic political liability to be seen as close to Japan. Bilateral sensitivities remain regarding maritime disputes, a 2015 agreement for historical reconciliation, and different policies toward Pyongyang. While both Japan and South Korea agree on approaching North Korea with a combination of dialogue and pressure, the Moon administration is more amenable to dialogue, whereas the Abe government is more committed to pressure.North Korea’s nuclear and missile tests could thus drive a wedge between Seoul and Tokyo if South Korean leaders fail to express solidarity with Japan’s national security, or if Japanese leaders fail to appreciate South Korean domestic politics. In particular, if Tokyo estimates that U.S.-Japan-South Korea coordination is insufficient to counter North Korea, Japan may seek its own ability to strike North Korean military sites. This would be difficult for Seoul to criticize when it is seeking U.S. support for greater South Korean missile capabilities. But for historical reasons, many South Koreans are concerned about changes in Japan’s defense hardware and doctrine that push the boundaries of Tokyo’s pacifist constitution. So it’s not enough for the United States to offer words of reassurance; Washington should double-down on visible and sustained trilateral coordination, including Noncombatant Evacuation Operations (NEO) and civil defense drills.North Korea’s latest provocations will have limited effect on China’s relations with the United States and its allies. All sides understood that further cooperation on North Korea was going to be a heavy lift, given how relations are weighed down by disagreements on trade, THAAD missile defenses, and the South China Sea. Beijing did not appear supportive of additional U.N. sanctions in response to North Korea’s latest missile test. A new Security Council resolution is more likely after the sixth nuclear test. Nonetheless, Chinese officials are not in favor of ganging up on Pyongyang, because they see China’s national interests differently than the United States, South Korea, and Japan, and because they believe that North Korea tends to lash out if cornered.It is important to recognize that North Korea also has domestic politics. While the Kim regime’s accelerated testing schedule is primarily motivated by acquiring military capabilities it deems necessary for survival, the leadership also appears sensitive to embarrassment and public failures. The August 29 test may have been an attempt to make up for a July 28 high-altitude ICBM test that apparently burned up upon reentry, an alleged climb-down from a threat to ring the U.S. Pacific island of Guam with missiles, and a failed short-range missile test on August 26. The August 29 test, launched on a more traditional rather than lofted trajectory, may have been intended to demonstrate warhead survivability, the potential for launching quickly from an unexpected location, and the range for striking not only Japan and U.S. bases there, but also the strategic air force base on Guam.As previously scheduled U.S.-South Korea military exercises wrapped up, Washington responded to North Korea’s missile test by flying nuclear-capable B-1 bombers from Guam over the Korean Peninsula on August 31. Beijing objects to such maneuvers and has proposed a “double freeze” whereby the United States and South Korea would halt military exercises and North Korea would suspend nuclear and missile tests to create space for diplomacy.Chinese leaders are right to worry about miscalculation and unintended escalation, especially if a future North Korean test goes awry. But Washington and Seoul should not allow legal, necessary, and defensive exercises to become a bargaining chip for North Korea stopping illegal provocations. This is because suspension of exercises or THAAD deployment could drive a wedge between South Korea and the United States.Instead, U.S. officials could suggest to Beijing that increased deployment of strategic assets to the Korean Peninsula (that tend to elicit angry responses from Pyongyang) would not be necessary if Beijing did more to strengthen and implement U.N. sanctions. The United States, South Korea, and Japan can jointly announce that if Pyongyang continues its tests, and further international measures are not taken to curtail the Kim regime’s earning of foreign currency and importing of energy, they will plan more trilateral military exercises, expand regional missile defense cooperation, and apply secondary sanctions on banks and companies helping North Korea to evade sanctions.Such trilateral unity would show that Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programs have failed to divide Washington, Seoul, and Tokyo, and would give Beijing an opportunity to make credible a diplomatic option that all parties prefer to military escalation.As always, I strongly recommend that you first read, research, and study material completely yourself about a Subject Matter, and then formulate your own Opinions and Theories.Any additional analyses, interviews, investigations, readings, research, studies, thoughts,or writings on any aspect of this Subject Matter ?Bear in mind that we are trying to attract and educate a Whole New Generation of JFKResearchers who may not be as well versed as you.Comments ?Respectfully,BB.

09.03.2017:Dear JFK Murder Solved Forum Members and Readers:HYDROGEN BOMBS ALREADY TESTED BY THE U.S. AND RUSSIA CAN BE 450 - 1,000 TIMES MORE POWERFUL THAN THE U.S. ATOMIC BOMBS DROPPED OVER HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI IN 1945.THIS RAISES THE NECESSARY LEVEL OF ATTENTION AND CONCERN TO NORTH KOREA'S SUCCESSFULLY DETONATING A HYDROGEN BOMB TO THE MOST EXTREME POSSIBLE LEVELS NECESSARY. (09.03.2017, BB).WHAT IS A HYDROGEN BOMB AND HOW MUCH DAMAGE COULD IT DO ?North Korea’s Deadly Weapon: What is a Hydrogen Bomb and How Much Damage Could It Do ?Newsweek Conor Gaffey, Newsweek 2 hours 25 minutes ago. North Korea is not backing down.Despite sustained international pressure and fiery rhetoric from U.S. President Donald Trump, Kim Jong Un’s secretive regime said it had carried out its most powerful nuclear test yet, and the first since Trump came to office. If confirmed, the test would mark a significant escalation in Pyongyang’s nuclear program, in particular because of the nature of the weapon that was tested.North Korean state media claimed the country had tested a hydrogen bomb capable of being loaded onto an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) with “perfect success” on Sunday. Seismologists at the U.S. Geological Survey reported a 6.3 magnitude earthquake, likely as a result of the test. The artificial earthquake was felt over the border in China and sparked an angry response from Beijing.Read more: What you need to know about North Korea’s hydrogen bomb test.While the nature of the test has not yet been independently confirmed, world leaders will be worried by Pyongyang’s claims. Hydrogen bombs have never before been used in warfare and are capable of generating destructive power many times that of the atomic bombs dropped by the United States on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the conclusion of World War II.Kim Jong Un nuclear weapons.North Korean leader Kim Jong Un provides guidance on a nuclear weapons program in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on September 3. KCNA via ReutersWhat is a hydrogen bomb ?Hydrogen bombs are two-stage thermonuclear devices. Whereas an atomic bomb generates energy through the process of nuclear fission—splitting the nucleus of an atom—of nuclear materials such as uranium or plutonium, a hydrogen bomb goes one step further. In an H-bomb, the fission process takes place in a chamber of hydrogen gas; the energy released by nuclear fission causes hydrogen atoms to fuse. This process consequently releases neutrons, which feed the fission process in an explosive chain reaction.What does North Korea say about its H-bomb ?Kim visited nuclear scientists and witnessed the loading of an H-bomb onto an ICBM, North Korea’s state news agency KCNA News reported on Sunday, without specifying the date of the visit. The report claimed that the “explosive power” of the hydrogen bomb was “adjustable from ten kilotons to hundreds kiloton [sic.].” The weapon was described as “a multi-functional thermonuclear nuke...which can be detonated even at high altitudes for super-powerful EMP [electromagnetic pulse] attack according to strategic goals.”An EMP attack refers to an huge wave of electromagnetic energy resulting from the detonation of a nuclear weapon. If directed at the electrical grid, a single EMP attack has the potential to knock out power and communications across a massive area, CNN reported.KCNA News also released pictures of Kim inspecting purported nuclear weapons, but it remains unclear whether the weapons pictured are hydrogen bombs. Experts are also skeptical as to whether North Korea has been able to miniaturize a nuclear weapon so that it could fit on an ICBM and potentially be used to attack the United States.Has anyone ever used an H-bomb?Hydrogen bombs have never been used as an offensive weapon, but there have been several confirmed tests. The United States conducted the first H-bomb test in 1952 in the Pacific; the bomb produced a yield of 10,400 kilotons, around 450 times more powerful than the weapon used at Nagasaki. Two years later, the United States conducted its biggest-ever nuclear weapon test: the Castle Bravo test had a yield of 15,000 kilotons.Most popular: North Korea’s Deadly Weapon: What is a Hydrogen Bomb and How Much Damage Could It Do ?First H-bomb test.The mushroom cloud of the first test of a hydrogen bomb, "Ivy Mike," as photographed on Enewetak, an atoll in the Pacific Ocean, in 1952, by a member of the United States Air Force's Lookout Mountain 1352d Photographic Squadron. North Korea claimed it had tested a hydrogen bomb on Sunday. Handout/ReutersThe Soviet Union holds the title for the largest hydrogen bomb ever tested. To international condemnation, Russia tested the so-called Tsar Bomba in 1961, a 27,000 kilogram bomb that produced a yield of 50,000 kilotons—equivalent to 50 million tons of TNT.How much damage can an H-bomb do ?The atomic bombs used by the United States in World War II remain the most powerful nuclear weapons ever used in warfare. The so-called “Fat Man,” which was dropped on Nagasaki, weighed around 4,700 kilograms and had a yield of of 20 kilotons. The Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs instantly killed 80,000 and over 70,000 people respectively, while more than 100,000 more people are estimated to have died in the aftermath due to radiation and other factors. Since a hydrogen bomb is capable of generating many times more destructive force than atomic bombs, its use could produce a far higher death toll.Who else has tested H-bombs ?Besides the United States and Russia, the U.K., France and China have all carried out confirmed tests of hydrogen bombs. Of the other countries that possess nuclear weapons, Israel and Pakistan are not known to have conducted hydrogen bomb tests. India conducted five nuclear weapons tests in 1998 that some reports suggested included a thermonuclear device, but a former coordinator of the program has disputed the claim.​More from Newsweek.North Korea Hydrogen Bomb Test: What We Know So Far.Donald Trump Agrees South Korea Should Have Bigger Warheads to Face North Korea.Like Donald Trump, North Korea Attacks Adverse Media, But Promises 'Retaliatory Blows'S. Korea calls for 'strongest possible' response to N. Korea hydrogen bomb testThe Hill 3 hours ago South Korea's president is calling for the "strongest possible" response North Korea’s latest nuclear test. Moon Jae-in also said on Sunday that he wants United Nations Security Council sanctions to "completely isolate" Pyongyang, according to multiple reports. North Korean state television said earlier that a test of a miniaturized hydrogen bomb that could fit on an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) was a “perfect success.” The South Korean president had earlier called for an emergency meeting of his security council after an artificial earthquake was detected in northern North Korea. The U.S. Geological Survey on Sunday recorded a 6.3-magnitude earthquake that it described as a "possible .North Korea's nuclear test Sunday was widely felt in northeast China and rocked some cities for as long as eight seconds, according to reports and accounts on social media.The tremor was felt as far away as the city of Changchun around 400 km (250 miles) northwest of the North's test site at Punggye-ri, according to state broadcaster CCTV.In the small city of Yanji, some 20 km from the border, some people reported the shaking was so intense that they fled their homes.Jiemiao Cangxin, a commentator on the Chinese microblog Weibo, said his building swayed so much that "I put my underpants on and I just ran, and when I reached the first floor I can say I wasn't the only one running away with just my underpants on!""In Yanji, we felt the shaking for ten seconds," said Weibo user Buziranshaonv."I was lying down and sleeping when the tremor woke me up. At first, I thought it was a dream," said another.The test, North Korea's sixth, was substantially larger than previous ones, measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale according to US monitors.That would make it between five to six times larger than Pyongyang's previous effort in September last year, according to South Korea's weather agency.The North called it a test of a hydrogen bomb which was a "perfect success".Reports of the explosion also provoked widespread concern further away in China, with many commentators speculating about the timing of the event -- just hours before Chinese President Xi Jinping is due to open a summit of BRICs nations in southern China."An earthquake happened in North Korea, everyone thinks at once it is a nuclear test," said one user, cheekily adding "is it a form of greetings for the summit in Xiamen?” As always, I strongly recommend that you first read, research, and study material completely yourself about a Subject Matter, and then formulate your own Opinions and Theories.Any additional analyses, interviews, investigations, readings, research, studies, thoughts,or writings on any aspect of this Subject Matter ?Bear in mind that we are trying to attract and educate a Whole New Generation of JFKResearchers who may not be as well versed as you.Comments ?Respectfully,BB.