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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 ...
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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]
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 ...
‘Haeil’ is designed to destroy ports and decimate naval fleets
In 1994, the United States and North Korea signed the "Agreed Framework", whereby North Korea agreed to freeze its graphite moderated reactor program in exchange for fuel, moves toward normalization of political and economic relations, and the construction of two modern nuclear power plants powered by light-water reactors. Eventually, North ...