North Korea readies HYDROGEN BOMB as Kim Jong-un 'watches loading into ICBM'
KIM Jong-un has supervised the loading of a hydrogen bomb into an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), capable of reaching the US, it has been reported
North Korea has said it has developed a more advanced nuclear weapon that has "great destructive power” amid World War 3 fears.
Kim Jong-un’s state media mouthpiece NCNA declared the hydrogen bomb's power is adjustable to hundreds of kilotons and can be detonated at high altitudes.
It also boasted that these latest components would allow the country to build as many nuclear weapons as it wants.
KCNA reported: “Kim Jong-un said he felt the pride at the indomitably bolstering up of [North Korea’s] nuclear forces despite a great price as he watched the Juche-oriented thermonuclear weapon with super explosive power made by our own efforts and technology.
“He expressed great satisfaction over the fact that our scientists can do anything without fail if the party is determined to do.
“The scientists further upgraded its technical performance at a higher ultra-modern level on the basis of precious successes made in the first H-bomb test.”
KCNA also hit out at earlier reports that its missile parts were imported from the Ukraine as it declared its hyrdrogen bomb was entirely homemade.
It said: “All components of the H-bomb were homemade and all the processes ranging from the production of weapons-grade nuclear materials to precision processing of components."
In the last two weeks the despot nation has attempted several missile launches and threatened the US-territory of Guam.
Earlier on Saturday, Kim Jong-un continued his war of words with US President Donald Trump across international waters, claiming any attempts by the “puppets” to locate North Korea’s ballistic missile launchers will not produce any useful result.
Rodong Sinmun, another mouthpiece of the North’s ruling Workers’ Party, scorned the war allies military drills to detect and destroy the reclusive state’s transporter-erector-launcher (TEL) as nothing but “laughable”.
The North Korean propaganda site said: "Any attempt by the puppets to detect and destroy our TELs in advance is nothing but a silly dream.
“The puppets in South Korea will never avoid catastrophes as long as they continue to run amok."
It said: ”Our strategic weapons are ready to thoroughly annihilate the strongholds of aggression and provocation from any unpredictable region and place anytime.”
Trump’s administration has vowed that all options were still on the table following an earlier threat by the President that the US would retaliate with “fire and fury” if provoked by North Korea.
The Republican also tweeted: “The US has been talking to North Korea, and paying them extortion money, for 25 years. Talking is not the answer!”
On Tuesday the rogue state launched an intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM) which flew over Japan.
Despite breaking to pieces, Kim Jong-un claimed the missile was a warning to the US and South Korea over their “provocative” military drills.
Moment North Korea launches missile over Japan
He added that the launch of the Hwasong-12 missile was also a "preclude" to containing the US territory of Guam as North Korea earlier warned it would fire missiles around the island.
And at the time experts believed the rocket was the first missile from North Korea which is powerful enough to potentially carry a nuclear warhead.
Just days before North Korea had fired three missiles towards the Sea of Japan, which either failed in flight or exploded almost immediately.
Kim Jong-un’s regime has previously threatened to launch four IRBMs towards the US territory Guam – but the dictator has so far held off on giving the final order.