NORTH KOREA CLAIMS ‘PERFECT SUCCESS’ OF POWERFUL NUKE TEST
Sep 08, 2017
4 minutes
North Korea on Sunday claimed a “perfect success” for its most powerful nuclear test so far, a further step in the development of weapons capable of striking anywhere in the United States. President Donald Trump said the latest provocation reinforces the danger facing America and that “talk of appeasement” is pointless.
“They only understand one thing!”Trump said in a tweet, without elaboration, as he prepared to meet later with his national security team. It was the first nuclear test since Trump took office in January.
The precise strength of the explosion, described by state-controlled media in North Korea as a hydrogen
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