US nuke commander 'assumes' North Koreans tested H-bomb

US nuke commander 'assumes' North Koreans tested H-bomb

<p>The top commander of U.S. nuclear forces says he assumes the Sept. 3 nuclear test by North Korea was a hydrogen bomb.</p>

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US nuke commander 'assumes' North Koreans tested H-bomb

<p>The top commander of U.S. nuclear forces says he assumes the Sept. 3 nuclear test by North Korea was a hydrogen bomb.</p>

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