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drray23

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3. well they have scientists that got trained in china.

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Mon Sep 4, 2017, 11:01 PM

Sep 2017

But still, they seem to be progressing faster than we did during WWII and the manhattan project. We had all the brightest minds back then working on it. Obviously they are getting help or were able to reverse engineer designs of existing systems...maybe chinese or iranian missiles?

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Where did NK get this technology? [View all] SHRED Sep 2017 OP

I'm thinking Iran. n/t GP6971 Sep 2017 #1

Most likely rogue nuclear engineer A.O. Khan of Pakistan. brush Sep 2017 #27

That's what I think, or another mercenary engineer. defacto7 Sep 2017 #32

Didn't know either had a hydrogen bomb. applegrove Sep 2017 #2

Russia has had the H-Bomb almost as long as we have. Warren DeMontague Sep 2017 #4

I hope you are right. applegrove Sep 2017 #7

Me, too. Although a 120kt a-bomb is nothing to sneeze at, either. Warren DeMontague Sep 2017 #8

10x fewer people dead at first strike with a traditional nuclear device vs. applegrove Sep 2017 #10

"dark sun" is a good read- about Edward Teller and the hydrogen bomb program. Warren DeMontague Sep 2017 #12

Seems like the world's worst leaders have all gotten together. Like Adam Schiff said applegrove Sep 2017 #17

Whew, that's a relief.. pangaia Sep 2017 #18

I didn't know much about nuclear bombs having come of age during applegrove Sep 2017 #20

I'm older than you and i also only know that an h bomb is mega worse than an a bomb pangaia Sep 2017 #21

Here is a visualization of Grosse Fugue for you: applegrove Sep 2017 #22

I'm getting dizzy. :))) pangaia Sep 2017 #28

BBC said the mockup Li'l Kim was grinning at Warpy Sep 2017 #29

Either way, not good. Warren DeMontague Sep 2017 #30

The test was successful but it seems to have wiped out part of the testing facility Warpy Sep 2017 #31

Bleak! applegrove Sep 2017 #35

The Soviets exploded the largest H bomb ever ignited defacto7 Sep 2017 #33

Czar Bomba. It was 100Mtons, scaled back to 50Mtons. longship Sep 2017 #34

Whoa, I was way off, so I looked it up defacto7 Sep 2017 #36

There's actually video of this beast going off. longship Sep 2017 #38

Truly insane. defacto7 Sep 2017 #40

Here is a link to a NYTimes article on the difference between thermonuclear applegrove Sep 2017 #39

well they have scientists that got trained in china. drray23 Sep 2017 #3

Maybe from Russia SHRED Sep 2017 #5

Authoritarian societies have proven far more efficient with catching up on technologies. NutmegYankee Sep 2017 #25

Yeah, they seem to have progressed quite rapidly all of a sudden Warren DeMontague Sep 2017 #6

It's not like it's hard to find, really... Adrahil Sep 2017 #9

Google. n/t Scurrilous Sep 2017 #11

Russia and Pakistan dalton99a Sep 2017 #13

The Russians. roamer65 Sep 2017 #14

Where does anyone get technology? Aliens. jberryhill Sep 2017 #15

Here's a plot for a spy novel: Iran is running their nuke program in NK and sharing Stinky The Clown Sep 2017 #16

Where? winetourdriver01 Sep 2017 #19

At least one of their rockets is reported to be of Russian design, with Russian engines... TreasonousBastard Sep 2017 #23

eBay? nt Binkie The Clown Sep 2017 #24

Pakistan ? CentralMass Sep 2017 #26

Pakistan DFW Sep 2017 #37

Is this it for explosive technology? I would think trying to knock out chelsea0011 Sep 2017 #41

The middle technology most likely from Ukraine Lee-Lee Sep 2017 #42