This assessment is newsworthy because we're in collective denial about North Korea's nuclear ambitions, capabilities. 1/ twitter.com/joshua_pollack
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After North Korea's Sept 2016 nuclear test, it was clearly going to make compact warheads for its missiles. 2/
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And, at the time, it was clear that composite pits and an unknown HEU stockpile meant that be a large number of warheads. 3/
Simply looking at the progress of other nuclear powers after five tests demonstrates that North Korea can do it. 4/
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The moral of the story is this: Do not be surprised when North Korea tests a staged thermonuclear weapon. 5/END
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Didn't the Brits also use composite cores for a while to stretch their supplies?
