New provocation of North Korea. Following the launch of two intercontinental ballistic missiles (Icbm) Hwasong-14 of 4 and 28 July, which could hit the US, Pyongyang would carry out its sixth thermonuclear test by exploding, this time a hydrogen bomb (H bomb) , underground. Explosion detected due to the shock caused by underground explosion measured in a magnitude 6,3.
Test came shortly after the announcement that North Korea has succeeded in making a huge leap in quality in its offensive ability by claiming to have created a thermonuclear weapon hundreds of times more powerful than a normal atomic bomb such as those released by the Americans the 6 and the 9 August 1956 on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan.
H bomb that can be miniaturized to such an extent as to be mounted in the yard of an Icbm missile. From a Pyongyang photo a dictator Kim Jong-un was photographed in front of a bomb that has the characteristics of a H bomb at the Nuclear Weapons Institute. It is a "thermonuclear bomb (hydrogen bomb) with a super-explosive power made at 100% with our technologies," Kim said at the North Korean agency Kcna.
The South Korean military leaders reported that the explosion was carried out at the Punggye-ri site and according to the US Geological Institute (Usgs) the shock caused by the explosion of 6,3 degrees on the Richter scale is significantly greater than those caused by the previous ones 5 tests. The epicenter of the quake was identified 22,3 km east of Sungjibaegan right in the Punggye-ri polygon area. A subsequent earthquake of magnitude 4,6 was recorded by the Chinese. Confirming that this is the sixth explosion of an atomic device (the first occurred on 9 October 2006 under the dictatorship of Kim Jong-il, father of the current leader Kim Jong-un), given that the hypocenter, the depth of which the earthquake / explosion occurred was identified by the Usgs at 0 km depth. Any real earthquake would have registered a hypocenter of at least a few kilometers.
The shock / explosion occurred at 5,30 now Italian. Pyongyang's latest nuclear test dates back to 9 in September last year and had caused a 5,3 quake at the Richter scale: today's test would be the largest scale ever conducted by Kim Jong-un's regime. To the news of the earthquake, both Japan and South Korea immediately summoned the National Security Council.
A few hours before the earthquake this morning, US President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had a telephone conversation. The two leaders discussed new pressures on the North Korean regime and reaffirmed the importance of close co-operation between the United States, Japan and South Korea in the face of the growing threat from North Korea, according to a statement by White House.
It is the last minute news announced by KCTV state television that North Korea will make "an important and special announcement" at 15: 00 of Pyongyang, the 8: 30 in Italy.
The hypothesis is that it will come from Pyongyang's confirmation that the magnitude 6,3 artificial earthquake that this morning was warned was caused by the nuclear test carried out by North Korea.