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North Korea Announces Achieving Nuclear Fusion

Posted by samzenpus on from the kim-jong-illin dept.

aftertaf writes "North Korea claims to have achieved nuclear fusion by building what it describes as a 'unique thermo-nuclear reaction device.' This announcement was met by skepticism on just about every news website this side of Saturn. Pyongyang claims its latest scientific breakthrough coincides with the birthday of the country's founder and eternal president Kim Il-sung. This is not the first time it seems that the laws of nature have been bent in his honor. According to official biographies, when his son, Kim Jong-il, was born, a new star appeared in the sky." No doubt the Dear Leader combined the atomic nuclei by hand.

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  1. Re:Nuclear Fusion the new softdrink by jeffmeden · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Just out of curiosity, what part of "No peasants are starving, our economy is great, everyone else in the world envies/fears us, and by the way we just perfected nuclear fusion!" is a *mild* hallucination?

  2. Re:Fusion isn't hard. by RsG · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Nah, they wouldn't be that subtle. Recall that they made a big fuss over "we have the bomb now", only to have their first actual test detonation fizzle.

    Besides, if they were testing H-bombs, there would be third party confirmation. They cannot set off a nuke, never mind a big nuke, without setting off seismic detectors from India to California.

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  3. Re:Fusion isn't hard. by ColdWetDog · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Extraordinary claims require at least some evidence.....

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  4. Re:Thus the star over Bethlehem then by turgid · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why did God make the half-lives of U-238 and U-235 just so?

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