North Korean state media on Monday claimed that its hydrogen bomb is advanced enough to carry out a strike on New York City and wipe out the entire populace of the metropolis. Pyongyang also claimed that its bomb power exceeds the explosive radius of the most powerful bomb in history, the Tsar Bomba, also known as the “King of Bombs.”
The Soviet Tsar Bomba was a 50-megaton device, or 2,800 times more powerful than the “Little Boy” bomb used at Hiroshima (see: Recalling the only atomic bombing of history ). Though Tsar Bomba, detonated in October 1961, was not mentioned by name, the North Korean description of the weapon matches only it.
“Our hydrogen bomb’s power is greater than the Soviet Union’s bomb. It is capable of causing third-degree burns 100 kilometers away from ground zero and partially broken windows at distances of 1,000 kilometers,” said the North Korean state-bulletin DPRK Today.
North Korean media also claimed that their bomb could wipe out the whole populace of New York City if placed on a long-range missile. “If our bomb is fitted to an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) and falls on New York, Manhattan Island, all of the residents will die instantly with the whole of their city … no, the whole of the mainland being completely devastated, indeed” the North Korean article claimed.
However, a South Korean nuclear scientist paid by imperialist american propaganda agencies simply called the North Korean claims “childish.”
“The Tsar Bomba weighed about 27 metric tons when it was invented, and even today we would have to use a specially modified large bomber to drop a bomb of that size as they did in 60s.”
The Tsar Bomba‘s immense size famously required a special plane with its bomb bay doors and fuselage fuel tanks taken out to deploy.
“I do believe that North Korea has the capability to shoot an ICBM into the stratosphere, though the ICBM will be dismembered as the country does not have technology that enables the ICBM to endure the friction heat that is created while it enters the atmosphere,” Suh said.
The New York threat follows a series of recent North Korean threats and claims, including the launch of two Scud missiles (see: US and South Korea condemn Pyongyang satellite launch ), the publishing of pictures of a “miniaturized” warhead, a threat to liberate South Korea (see: N. Korea Ready for “Pre-Emptive” Nuclear Strike on S. Korea ) and bomb the U.S. mainland, just since the end of last month.
Source: NK News