CNN: Air Force radiation 'sniffer' jet may be headed to Korea
(CNN)A U.S. Air Force radiation "sniffer" jet may soon be flying off the Korean Peninsula to help determine if North Korea's claims of a hydrogen bomb test are true, a U.S. military official says.
The White House said Wednesday it was skeptical of North Korea's claim that it successfully detonated a thermonuclear device.
"The initial analysis is not consistent with the North Korean claims," White House spokesman Josh Earnest said.
But the Pentagon has a way to be more certain whether a hydrogen bomb was tested.
A U.S. official told CNN that a nuclear test of any type would emit distinctive elements into the air, and collected samples can be analyzed to determine exactly what occurred. That's exactly what the WC-135W jet, dubbed the "Constant Phoenix," does.
More News On Reports That The U.S. Air Force's Radiation 'Sniffer' Jet May Be Headed To Korea
This is the Air Force radiation sniffer plane deploying after North's nuclear test -- Stars and Stripes/Washington Post
US Aircraft Reportedly 'Sniffs' Korean Skies for Evidence of Nuke Test -- Military Times
U.S. WC-135 aircraft will sniff for radiation near North Korea to determine what today’s explosion was -- Aviationist
U.S. sampling plane to investigate N. Korean nuke test -- NK News
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