Washington (CNN)Within hours of North Korea's nuclear test Friday, it had become a political weapon in the US.
The test -- Pyongyang's fifth and most powerful -- had enough force to "rip the heart out of a city," one expert said. It marks one more step in North Korea's efforts to develop the missiles and miniaturized warheads needed to reach its perceived enemies. And it raises the possibility that if North Korea succeeds, it will look for black market buyers for its lethal goods.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump seized on the test to discredit his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, arguing that "it's just one more massive failure from a failed secretary of state."
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