Wars & Rumors of War

Experts: North Korea exploded 100-kiloton bomb, risking disaster - UPI.com
UPI reports: "North Korea's sixth nuclear test may have involved a bomb that released the same energy as 108 kilotons of TNT, according to a team of Chinese scientists. But Japan's defense ministry said the bomb could have unleashed as much as 120 kilotons. [...] Nuclear experts said the explosion on Sunday was four to 16 times more powerful than Hiroshima, and North Korea may be in the process of developing a hydrogen bomb."

U.S. Pacific Fleet, South Korea army prep 'military response' plan - UPI.com
UPI reports: "The commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet and South Korea's defense minister said they agreed to prepare a 'practical military response plan' to what Adm. Scott Swift described as Pyongyang's 'self-destructive' acts, following the country's sixth nuclear test. Swift, who oversees 200 ships and submarines, 1,180 aircraft and more than 140,000 sailors, also said the U.S. Navy plans to deploy strategic assets, including a carrier strike group, to the peninsula, Yonhap reported. "

Comment: I miss the "good-old-days" when you go could away for a holiday weekend and not worry about missing something important...like a hydrogen bomb test.