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The test of the "Haeil-5-23" system, a name North Korea has given to its nuclear-capable underwater attack drones, was carried out by the defence ministry's think tank in the waters off its east ...
North Korea said Friday it has tested a nuclear-capable underwater attack drone in response to a combined naval exercise by South Korea, the United States and Japan this week, as it continues to ...
On 3 September, South Korea’s weather agency, the Korea Meteorological Administration, estimated that the nuclear weapons blast yield of the presumed test was between 50 and 60 kilotons based on a magnitude 5.6 detection. [32] South Korean Government's initial yield estimate is 100 kt, [27] and it detected a 5.7 magnitude earthquake. [33]
‘Haeil’ is designed to destroy ports and decimate naval fleets
On October 9, 2006, North Korea announced they had conducted a nuclear test in North Hamgyong Province on the northeast coast at 10:36 AM (11:30 AEST). There was a 3.58 magnitude earthquake reported in South Korea , and a 4.2 magnitude tremor was detected 386 km (240 mi) north of P'yongyang.
Information; Country: North Korea: Test site: 1] Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site, Kilju County: Period: 12:00:01, 3 September 2017 () UTC+08:30 (03:30:01 UTC) [1]: Number of tests: 1: Max. yield: ~50 kilotons of TNT (210 TJ) based on Korea Meteorological Administration [2] to ~260 kilotons of TNT (1,100 TJ) based on ISRO synthetic-aperture radar analysis [3]: Test chronology; 2km 1.2miles. South ...
Despite these apparent shutdown efforts, North Korea's nuclear tests in 2006, 2009 and 2013 have called into question its denuclearization commitment. [2] In April 2013, amid rising tensions with the West, North Korea stated that it would restart the mothballed Yongbyon facility and resume production of weapons-grade plutonium. [13]
A man watches a television showing a news broadcast using file video of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul, Nov. 5, 2024, after the North test fired a salvo of short-range ...