North Korea says nuclear test shows it could 'wipe out' US
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North Korea's UN mission claimed Wednesday that its successful nuclear bomb test showed that it could now "wipe out" the United States, as the UN Security Council grappled with a response to the underground blast.
North Korea called it a hydrogen bomb and said the test "scientifically proved the power of the smaller H-bomb," though the United States and others expressed skepticism that Pyongyang actually tested a hydrogen bomb for the first time. Nonetheless, whatever the North detonated underground will likely push the country closer toward a fully functional nuclear arsenal, which it still is not thought to have.
