North Korea Tests Hydrogen Bomb

   On Sunday, North Korea tested what they claim is an advanced hydrogen bomb that could be placed onto a missile that could reach the U.S. Experts agree that North Korean projectiles have strong potential to reach the U.S. According to NORSAR, Norway-based group that monitors nuclear tests, this bomb has over eight times the power of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
   North Korea has continued its nuclear weapons testing despite sanctions that crippled the economy. The White House's response to the crisis is unclear since Trump's tweets are often contradictory and inflammatory.  Beijing has condemned the test. In a "show of force", U.S. and allies have sent fighter jets and bombers over the Korean Peninsula.
    In my opinion, there's a side of me that finds this hilarious. The public reacts to this crisis with memes and skeptical doubt. The other side of me fears that we are going to have a nuclear apocalypse all because incompetent leaders are having a squabble as to who is the most "powerful".
   The fear of nuclear weapons is eerily similar to the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962. Again, we had two superpowers threatening the other with nuclear weapons, but the stakes were higher. Where we only have speculation of North Korea's weapons, missiles were at the doorstep with missiles in Cuba and missiles in Turkey. In the end, the crisis was averted thanks to both leaders realizing that nuclear warfare would devastate the entire world.