Was 15 kilotons. World leaders issued rapid responses. President barack obama called the nuclear test a grave theft. The japanese Prime Minister said it was absolutely unacceptable. The president of south korea called kim jongun fanatically reckless. They are holding a closed door meeting in the Yunited Nations N two hours. We are joined by will, lisa and victor, joining us from washington. Will, you have been to north korea several times over the last few years. Probably more than any other western journalist. What is pyongyang up to . Kim jongun, when i was last in north korea in may solidified his power and lined up his leadership to develop north Koreas Nuclear program at a dizzying pace in the last several months and weeks. In addition to this nuclear test which caused a 5. 3 magnitude earthquake, still yet to are verified by the u. S. , still testing radiation levels, three missiles launch from the ground capable of hitting here in japan. The week before that, there was a submari
Employees got fired. Lets talk, live in the cnn newsroom. Good morning, im carol costello. North korea says its carried out its most powerful nuclear test yet. The explosion registering the force of a 5. 3 earthquake. Kim jonguns government now claiming it can make Nuclear Warheads small enough to fit on to missiles. World leaders are strongly condemning the apparent test. With President Obama saying just moments ago there will be serious consequences. He also said, and im just getting his statement right now, that north Koreas Nuclear test is a grave threat. He says to be clear the United States does foot and will never accept north korea as a nuclear state. We have Suzanne Malveaux on this story. Shell join us in a little bit. Lets head to tokyo now for north koreas side. Will ripley has that. Hi, will. Hi, carol. That brandnew statement from President Obama comes after he was very busy during the overnight hours speaking on the phone separately with the japanese Prime Minister shinz
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Well, its big because some people say that there were ten kilotons other people say in the ten kiloton range. So the north koreans are making very fast progress. They may have a Nuclear Warhead for their short and intermediaterange missiles. Within two or three years, theyll have a warhead that can hit the United States. They also now have two launchers that can hit the United States. So the American People are now starting to be at risk. The question has always been its easy, fairly enough, to detect what theyre doing. Its been impossible to stop it thus far. Where are we in terms of understanding what leverage works . Sanctions havent worked. International condemnation hasnt worked. What do you see on the horizon . Well, we have sanctions, of course, the United States and the International Community, but those sanctions are not as tough as they could be. As assistance Secretary Of State russell says, look, our sanctions are design to bring north korea to its senses, not to its knees.