North Korea Claims H Bomb Test.

[the_great_she_elephant]

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/07/world/asia/north-korea-hydrogen-bomb-claim-reactions.html

If this is true we may soon have something worse  than ISIS to worry about.

[myoclon1cjerk]

WMD's?.Well we'd better invade their country..On second thoughts maybe not.This lot will fight back.

[ecar3483]

From the looks of it they could just about make Darwin using the Taepodong 2 missile.

(If it was a functioning delivery system, that is).

From the Wikipedia -

Untested / failed

Taepodong-2 – North Korea's domestic ICBM attempt. First test occurred in 2006, when the missile failed 40 seconds after launch. Estimates of the range vary widely – from 4,500 to 10,000 kilometers (most estimates put the range at about 6,700 km). As of 2012, the Taepodong-2 has not yet been deployed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#Delivery_systems_2

[ecar3483]

I think we'd fall fairly low on the list of potential targets.

If Mr. Kim wanted to make a point, he'd be more likely to launch a strike against America, which would also prove that he has a penchant for puns - Bomb Alaska.

[esayaf]

America has enough servicemen in this country based within range of that missile. Therefore that would be an attack on America

[the_great_she_elephant]

The general consensus sems to be that they're bluffing There was a test of soe sort, but the seismic effect was no greater than after previous tests.

If they really do have an H bomb, then wherever they drop it, the global consequences are going to be pretty drastic.