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Test type. underground. Max. yield. ~140 kt ( U.S. intelligence) [1] 160 kt (Revised estimates from Japanese Government) [2] 250 kt ( 38 North and revised NORSAR estimate) [3] [4] North Korea has conducted six nuclear tests, in 2006, 2009, 2013, twice in 2016, and in 2017. 2km.
North Korea joined the nuclear club in 2006 or before. [1] [9] A United States Defense Intelligence Agency report from 1999 projected that both Iran and Iraq would join the nuclear club and have 10-20 nuclear weapons in 2020. [10] However, it is worth pointing out that this report was written before the overthrow of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and before information was released indicating ...
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The table in this section summarizes all worldwide nuclear testing (including the two bombs dropped in combat which were not tests). The country names are links to summary articles for each country, which may in turn be used to drill down to test series articles which contain details on every known nuclear explosion and test. The notes attached to ...
In the following subsections, a selection of significant tests (by no means exhaustive) is listed, representative of the testing effort in each nuclear country.
There have been a number of significant alleged, disputed or unacknowledged accounts of countries testing nuclear explosives. Their status is either not certain or entirely disputed by most mainstream experts.
Missiles and nuclear warheads have usually been tested separately because testing them together is considered highly dangerous; they are certainly the most extreme type of live fire exercise. The only US live test of an operational missile was the following: 1. Frigate Bird: on May 6, 1962, a UGM-27 Polaris A-2 missile with a live 600 kt W47 warhea...
The following is a list of the most powerful nuclear weapon tests. All tests on the first chart were multi-stage thermonuclear weapons.
Video archive of nuclear weapon testing Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.todayNov 18, 2022 · North Korea has carried out 34 weapons tests this year, involving about 88 ballistic and cruise missiles. In a single day this month, North Korea fired at least 23 missiles, one of which fell...
Jun 28, 2022 · Updated. Last updated June 28, 2022 11:40 am (EST) Summary. North Korea could have the material for more than one hundred nuclear weapons, according to analysts’ estimates. It has...
Jul 21, 2021 · One assessment in 2020 concluded North Korea only had 10–20 nuclear weapons if it committed its fissile material to thermonuclear weapons production (Fedchenko and Kelley 2020 ). Another assessment concluded North Korea had around 40 weapons and only “very few thermonuclear bombs” (Hecker 2020; 38 North 2021 ).
Based on North Korea’s estimated ability to produce fissile material, outside analysts have posited that North Korea may have between 40 and 60 nuclear weapons, but some analysts have estimated that North Korea could have as many as 100 warheads in its current inventory.
