The White House said Wednesday that it doesn’t believe North Korea has successfully tested a hydrogen bomb.
White House press secretary Josh Earnest said an initial analysis by U.S. authorities “is not consistent with North Korean claims of a successful hydrogen bomb test.”
North Korea, which has nuclear weapons, said the test Tuesday night was a successful detonation of a hydrogen bomb.
The White House said it’s monitoring the situation, and that the nuclear test was “provocative” and a “flagrant violation” of U.N. Security Council resolutions.
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