The secret nuclear network that runs past India’s borders and feeds North Korea’s bomb programme

January 7, 2016

On the morning of 6 January, North Korea stunned the world by announcing that it had conducted a miniaturised hydrogen bomb test or thermo-nuclear device test. This test was conducted at its Punggye-ri nuclear test site. Several monitoring stations recorded this ‘man-made seismic event at the 5.1 magnitude’. According to the North Koreans, the test was a response to an aggressive United States. North Korean Television also announced: “We will not surrender our nuclear arms, even if the sky is falling.”

The author is senior research associate, The Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses.

This article was originally published in First Post