Earlier in September, 2017, North Korea tested it's first
hydrogen bomb. Now, a Korean official has stated that
North Korea may test the most powerful Hydrogen bomb
in the Pacific ocean.
Even if the hydrogen bomb does not hit any other country,
the concussive forces and shock waves could be devasting
to various forms of marine life living in the pacific ocean. A
hydrogen bomb being detonated in the Pacific ocean could
even displace or disturb ocean water in a noticeable way,
once those shock waves finally reach land. To which degree
is unknown and unpredictable because it would depend on
exactly where in the Pacific and it's depth at the time of the
detonation or explosion.
Hydrogen bombs produce nuclear waste. Although the H.
bomb is usually considered to be a fusion bomb, the energy
required to begin the fusion process is so very high that it
requires a nuclear fission bomb detonation to start the reaction.
17,000 different species thrive in the deep water and near the
sunlit surface lives the giant blue whale, fish, seals, sharks
and several others.
The detonation of a hydrogen bomb in the middle of the pacific
ocean, away from areas populated by humans would have a
more destructive affect on marine life than people seem to think.