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North Korea's Latest Nuclear Test Is Its Most Important—Here's Why
« on: September 24, 2017, 09:04:19 am »

by Rod Lyon

North Korea’s sixth nuclear test is easily its most impressive. The fifth—in September last year—involved the detonation of a device similar in yield to the bomb the Americans dropped on Hiroshima in 1945. The latest test features a substantially larger yield. Seismic signals are an imperfect indicator, but estimates currently range from about 70 kilotons all the way up to about 500 kilotons. It’s possible, but not certain, that the test featured a genuine thermonuclear device, a second-generation nuclear-weapon design in which a primary fission explosion ignites a secondary fusion stage. If any radionuclides have leaked from the test site, we’ll get a better picture of the explosion, but that could be some weeks away.

http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/north-koreas-latest-nuclear-test-its-most-important%E2%80%94heres-22169
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Re: North Korea's Latest Nuclear Test Is Its Most Important—Here's Why
« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2017, 09:04:55 am »
Addendum: Radioactive gas was detected in the atmosphere
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