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In its "Nuclear Notebook" on North Korean nuclear capabilities, published in January 2018, FAS estimated that North Korea had sufficient fissile material for 30 to 60 nuclear weapons. However, the report stated that North Korea had assembled 10 to 20 warheads at most, with most of those warheads likely being single-stage fission weapons with ...
North Korea and its partner Russia say Kim Jong Un's U.N. resolution-breaking missile tests are a justified reaction to U.S. military provocations.
The 2017–2018 North Korea crisis was a period of heightened tension between North Korea and the United States.The crisis began early in 2017 when North Korea conducted a series of missile and nuclear tests that demonstrated the country's ability to launch ballistic missiles beyond its immediate region, suggesting their nuclear weapons capability was developing at a faster rate than had been ...
North Korea appears to have started operating a light-water reactor at its main nuclear complex in a possible attempt to establish a new facility to produce bomb fuels, the U.N. atomic agency and ...
"We urge North Korea to immediately stop illegal nuclear and missile development, and reckless nuclear threats, and promptly return to the denuclearisation negotiations," South Korea's foreign ...
North Korea's nuclear testing series summary Series or years Years covered Tests [Summ 1] Devices fired Devices with unknown yield Peaceful use tests Non-PTBT tests [Summ 2] Yield range [Summ 3] Total yield (kilotons) [Summ 4] Notes nuclear tests: 2006–2017 6: 6: 0.7–250 197.8: Totals: 2006-Oct-9 to 2017-Sep-3 6 6 0.7–250
North Korea likely has dozens of nuclear ... take other steps to improve their oft-strained relations in the face of North Korean threats. North Korea already is coming off a record year in ...
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) conducted its sixth (and most recent to date) nuclear test on 3 September 2017, stating it had tested a thermonuclear weapon (hydrogen bomb). [6] The United States Geological Survey reported an earthquake of 6.3 magnitude not far from North Korea's Punggye-ri nuclear test site. [7]