Kim Jong Un 'inspects H-bomb missile warhead'

North Korea says it has developed a more advanced nuclear weapon that has "great destructive power"

North Korea's Korean Central News Agency released this photo of Kim Jong Un inspecting the device

Kim Jong Un is said to have inspected the loading of a hydrogen bomb into a new intercontinental ballistic missile.
The state-run Korean Central News Agency said the Supreme Leader visited the country's Nuclear Weapons Institute to inspect the device.
Pictures showed Mr Kim in a black suit examining a metal casing with two bulges.
It quoted Mr Kim as saying it was a "thermonuclear weapon with super explosive power" and "all components of the H-bomb were 100% domestically made".
It claimed the hydrogen bomb's power is adjustable to hundreds of kilotons and can be detonated at high altitudes.
Experts are sceptical about the claim that Pyongyang has mastered hydrogen technology, but it is almost impossible to independently confirm North Korean statements about its highly secret weapons programme.
However, the statement will raise already high tensions on the Korean Peninsula and in Washington that the North is closer to its goal of an arsenal of viable nuclear ICBMs that can reach the US mainland.
Last month, US media reported that US intelligence officials had concluded Pyongyang had successfully miniaturised a nuclear weapon.
It prompted President Donald Trump to issue a warning of "fire and fury" on the North, while Pyongyang threatened to fire missiles towards the US territory of Guam.
Kim Jong-un
On Tuesday, the North fired a mid-range ballistic missile that flew over Japan, a test considered one of the most provocative ever from the reclusive state.
Atomic or A-bombs work on the principle of nuclear fission, where energy is released by splitting atoms of enriched uranium or plutonium encased in the warhead.
Hydrogen or H-bombs, also known as thermonuclear weapons, work on fusion and are far more powerful, with a nuclear blast taking place first to create the intense temperatures required.
No H-bomb has ever been used in combat, but they make up most of the world's nuclear arsenals
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