North Korea threatens to 'wipe out US all at once' with H-bomb

In a statement from North Korean media, science boffins are said to be "in high spirit” following the first ever test.

Relations are at boiling point after the secretive state conducted the test before declaring it is on the verge of war with South Korea just days later.

A spokesperson said: "North Korean scientists] are in high spirit to detonate H-bombs of hundreds of kilotons and megatons, capable of wiping out the whole territory of the US all at once."

The rogue state also released video footage last week of a successful submarine-launched ballistic missile test.

The threats come shortly after the tyrannous state claimed its secretive tests marked a "new high stage".

The test was "neither to 'threaten' anyone, nor to 'provoke' someone for a certain purpose", a spokesman added.

US experts have rubbished the latest claims by North Korea on its booming nuclear prowess stating the latest bomb testing.

Melissa Hanham of the James Martin Centre for Nonproliferation Studies said: "The rocket ejected, began to light, and then failed catastrophically.”

"North Korea used heavy video editing to cover over this fact."

John Schilling, an aerospace engineer, said: ”The failed launch, combined with testing from a barge, shows that North Korea still has a long way to go to develop this system."

He added: "An initial operational capability of a North Korean ballistic-missile submarine is not expected before 2020."

(The Daily Star)