SOUTH KOREA: North Korea May Test Several Nuclear Devices at Once

North Korea’s next nuclear test may involve several detonations to showcase its improved capability, the chairman of South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

North Korea may simultaneously explode an upgraded plutonium bomb and another of highly-enriched uranium, General Jung Seung Jo told lawmakers today in Seoul at a meeting of the parliamentary defense committee.

“Because they’ve already used plutonium twice, they will want to experiment with a warhead that has better performance and power,” he said. “They could showcase technological advances with highly-enriched uranium or by testing both types at once.”

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