Inspector Clouseau fans may recall the candle . Several years ago, and this was about the time that the "young-un" took power, there was a news story about North Korea claiming to have made advances in LENR. No one took much notice then, and the story seems to have disappeared from the WWW as run-of-the-mill propaganda. But no one doubts today that NK has the technology for producing a fission "bombe". In fact, they have tested several.
Most experts are doubting the claim that the new atomic test was a real H-bomb since the yield was low. Nevertheless, there is the non-zero possibility that they were able to come up with a boosted weapon using dense deuterium. It could be rightfully labeled a hydrogen bomb, even if it contained no fissile material. NK did make the claim that the bomb being tested was very compact. In fact a small weapon using UDD or dense deuterium is more threatening to the USA and our allies than a convention megaton hydrogen bomb, especially if it does not demand a fission trigger. There are several of us here on this forum who have expressed the sentiment over the years that the extreme and illogical level of "official neglect" of cold fusion as a technology, despite the obvious fact that it does work on occasion, goes back to the issue of weaponization (i.e. proliferation) . and that at a high level in the Pentagon, they probably understood this risk even before 1989 or shortly thereafter. To spell it out, the proliferation risk that few want to talk about is that a rogue nation like NK will weaponize a part of the technology (especially the so called UDD or pychno) for less cost than going the uranium route. kinda like the old "red mercury" spoof but 'zis time, a bit more dramatic. http://www.petersellersappreciationsociety.com/Sounds/FQuote/PinkPanther3.mp 3
