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Nuclear Comparison (North Korean Program (Headed by Kim Jong Un (Nicknamed…
Nuclear Comparison
North Korean Program
Headed by Kim Jong Un
Nicknamed "Rocket Man" by Trump
Sept. of 2017 ignited first Hydrogen Bomb
Test site was Punggye-ri
Goal was to create international leverage
assembled following "Juche" philosophy
Emphasis on self-sufficiency
Yield of ~100 kilotons
two stage nuclear device
Miniaturized warhead able to be fit onto Hwasong ICBM missiles
Fission bomb used as fuse for more powerful hydrogen bomb
Manhattan Project
So secret Vice President Truman was unaware
US Program from 1939-1946
Above ground test
20 megaton yield
Fused sand into glass beneath test tower
Stronger than anticipated
Fission type of bomb
Called "The Gadget"
Designed to end World War ll
Bombs dropped on two Japanese cities: Hiroshima and Nagasaki
bombs called "Fat Man" and "Little Boy"
Fat Man named for Winston Churchill
Headed by Robert Oppenheimer
Nickname was "Destroyer of Worlds"