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North Korea Says Pacific Test Of Nuclear Warhead Is Possible

The threat is the latest in a tit-for-tat between President Trump and the North Korean leader. In a tweet on Friday, the president said Kim Jong Un "will be tested as never before!"
A man at a railway station in Seoul watches a television news screen showing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivering a statement in Pyongyang. / JUNG YEON-JE / Getty Images

North Korea has threatened to test a hydrogen bomb in the Pacific, the latest in an escalating tit-for-tat between leader Kim Jong Un and President Trump.

If Pyongyang makes good on the threat, it would mean marrying the two most powerful weapons known to man: a fusion-type nuclear weapon and a ballistic missile.

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