WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The US military official told CNN that such a nuclear test would emit distinctive element samples into the air that could be analyzed. The official also said that Washington has ground stations to collect samples and verify Pyongyang’s claim.
The Obama Administration said it believed North Korea had in fact tested a nuclear weapon, but were skeptical of Pyongyang’s claim that the weapon was a hydrogen bomb and stressed the need to conduct further analysis to make any final determinations.
On Thursday, the preparatory committee of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization plans to hold a special meeting to discuss North Korea’s alleged hydrogen bomb testing, after the UN National Security Council held an emergency meeting on the incident a day earlier at Japan’s request.
