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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]
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]
On 12 February 2013, North Korean state media announced it had conducted an underground nuclear test, its third in seven years.A tremor that exhibited a nuclear bomb signature with an initial magnitude 4.9 (later revised to 5.1) was detected by the China Earthquake Networks Center, [9] Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization [10] and the United States ...
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 ...
Since conducting its first nuclear test more than a decade ago, North Korea has advanced its weapons capabilities, with the ambition of miniaturizing a warhead so that it can fit on a long-range ...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the test was a warning to enemies that have been threatening the country's security, KCNA state news agency said. North Korea leader says longest ICBM test ...
The 2006 North Korean nuclear test was the detonation of a nuclear device conducted by North Korea on October 9, 2006. On October 3, 2006, North Korea announced its intention to conduct a nuclear test. [7] The blast is generally estimated to have had an explosive force of less than one kiloton, and some radioactive output was detected.
Kim Jong Un, who has been ramping up testing activity since last fall, claimed the new weapon would remarkably increase his country’s nuclear "war deterrent." North Korea claims successful test ...