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North koreas claim that this was, in fact, an h-bomb test. . >> we heard from the intelligence agencies here in south korea. they briefed lawmakers who in turn briefed supporters who they say was very difficult to give credibility to the north korean claim that it was an h-bomb. just looking at the numbers, they say, there should be a destructive force of somewhere between 15 and 50 megatons if it is an h-bomb. even if its militarized or has failed, it would be about 50 to 60 kilotons. but, in f...

Broadcasts into the north korea. thank you for being here. we always appreciate your expertise. 4 hours now that investigators have been trying to figure it out. whats the latest thinking. >> the latest thinking is that this was not a hydrogen bomb of course. but there is a little disagreement in the analyst community. the initial reports was that this is a detonation of six kilotons and that is the same of 20 2013, which clearly was not a hydrogen pom bomb. some are say maybe the yield was subs...

During the previous and after the previous three nuclear tests have not stopped pyongyang so far. but we know that japan has sent two aircraft into the area of the sea of japan, or the east sea, which is just east of north korea where they believe any radioactive material would have been blown given the wind direction. theyre going to collect that dust. theyre going to analyze it and find out if that gives any clues obviously that the amount of kilotons that have been used would suggest how big ...

But lets get to this, the magnitude difference of what would be nagasaki, which is 15 kilo tons, and so 15 kilotons, and then to sue maut ra with the shaking the earth which is the equivalent of a tsunami, and that is 26 mega tons, and then you go to where mount st. helens is going off and knocking down trees for hundreds of miles, and that is mega tons. and now, over there where the big mount st. helens is, the biggest bomb ever, sumatra and we are just that tiny bomb there, and that is the nag...

We dont -- i dont. theres nothing unclassified that lets me know if kim jung il is the leader and if he isnt, who is, and what were up to. >> absolutely. this is a completely opaque totalitarian system. they have nuclear weapons. the c.i.a. reports talks about the north koreans having the capability the producing warheads of a couple of kilo tons. equal to 2,000 tons of tnt. even more dangerous is the fact they may produce it and give it to somebody who would use it. >> absolutely. theyre cash...