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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 ...
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]
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 January 5, 2015, North Korean TV news anchors announced that they had successfully tested a miniaturized atomic bomb, about 8 km (5 mi) from the Punggye-ri nuclear site where a test was conducted in 2013. On January 6, 2016, North Korea announced that it conducted a successful test of a hydrogen bomb.
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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 ...
The German source which estimates for all the North Korea's past nuclear test has instead made an initial estimation of 14 kt, which is about the same (revised) yield as its previous nuclear test in 2013. [43] However, the yield estimation for January 2016 nuclear test was revised to 10 kt in the subsequent nuclear test from North Korea. [49]
SEOUL (Reuters) -Over the past year North Korea has moved to boost its navy with new nuclear weapons, including an underwater drone, warships, and its first operational missile submarine, unveiled ...