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- North Korea has conducted six nuclear tests, in 2006, 2009, 2013, twice in 2016, and in 2017.
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Punggye-ri Test Site, North Korea : 1,340 m (4,400 ft), 0 m (0 ft) underground 70–280 kt: Claimed to be a hydrogen bomb (but may only be a boosted fission weapon rather than an actual staged Teller–Ulam thermonuclear weapon).
- 2006–2017
- Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site, North Korea
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). The United States Geological Survey reported an earthquake of 6.3-magnitude not far from North Korea's Punggye-ri nuclear test site. [7]
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- 12:00:01, 3 September 2017 UTC+08:30 (03:30:01 UTC)
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North Korea said it set off a hydrogen bombin its sixth nuclear test, which judging by the earthquake it set off, appeared to be its most powerful explosion yet. South Korea's weather agency and the Joint Chiefs of Staff said an artificial 5.7 magnitude quake occurred at 12:29 p.m. local time, in Kilju, northern Hamgyong province, the site where No...
North Korea said it conducted a "higher level" nuclear warhead test explosion, which it trumpeted as finally allowing it to build "at will" an array of stronger, smaller and lighter nuclear weapons. It is Pyongyang's fifth atomic test and the second in eight months. A 5.3-magnitude tremor, detected in a remote area of North Korea, near the Punggye-...
North Korea claimed it had conducted a hydrogen bomb test. North Korean state television claimed the regime had tested a "miniaturized" hydrogen bomb, elevating the country's "nuclear might to the next level" and providing it with a weapon to defend itself against the United States and its other enemies. While the North was said to have deemed the ...
North Korea claimed to have successfully detonateda miniaturized nuclear device at a northeastern test site, state media said, defying U.N. Security Council orders to shut down atomic activity or face more sanctions and international isolation. South Korea confirmed that the North had indeed carried out the test, and condemned it. Official North Ko...
North Korea said that it had carried out a powerful underground nuclear test-- its second test, which was much larger than one the regime conducted in 2006. The test was conducted in Kilju, in northeastern North Korea, the South Korean government said. South Korea and the U.S. were said to have been caught off-guard by the test, The New York Times ...
The North announced its first nuclear test -- in North Hamgyong Province, according to the Times, which pointed out that this was an area U.S. spy satellites had been long monitoring. The U.S. Geological Survey said it had detected a tremor of 4.2 magnitude on the Korean Peninsula, the Times noted at the time. However, this test was considered by m...
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On January 6, 2016, in Korea, the United States Geological Survey detected a magnitude 5.1 seismic disturbance, reported to be a fourth underground nuclear test. North Korea claimed that this test involved a hydrogen bomb. This claim has not been verified.
- September 3, 2017
- October 9, 2006
Sep 3, 2017 · North Korea has conducted six underground nuclear tests so far and each one has taken it closer to what decades of international talks have tried to prevent - a nuclear weapon in the hands of one...
Sep 3, 2017 · North Korea's previous nuclear tests have been in the tens of kilotons range. That corresponds roughly to a weapon the size of the ones used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War...
Sep 3, 2017 · North Korea has one nuclear test site: Punggye-ri. In the long-term lead-up to the test, there’s usually a flurry of activity, some of which is captured by satellite imagery and can offer...
