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North Koreas 2013 explosion-like test seems different to those conducted in 2006 and 2009 for a number of reasons.
[1] First, according to the CTBTO press briefing, the current nuclear event is said to have twice the magnitude of the 2009 test. For comparison, the 2006 test was reported to be 3.9 in magnitude (which translates into an estimated 1 kiloton in yield) and the 2009 test was 4.5 in magnitude (2-7 kilotons in yield).
[2] Experts predict the 2013 test is likely to be between 6 and 10 kilotons in yield. By way of further comparison, the atomic bomb the US dropped on Nagasaki in 1945 was 20 kilotons in yield. In other words, if estimates are correct, the North Koreans have tested a more powerful nuclear device compared to those in 2006 and 2009. Second, the test is apparently smaller in size (recall the KCNA statement of a smaller, lighter atomic device which suggests some success at miniaturisation).
written by:
Dr Nicola Horsburgh is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law, and Armed Conflict and Department of Politics and International Relations, Oxford.
For Full article read the source below:
North Korea
[1] First, according to the CTBTO press briefing, the current nuclear event is said to have twice the magnitude of the 2009 test. For comparison, the 2006 test was reported to be 3.9 in magnitude (which translates into an estimated 1 kiloton in yield) and the 2009 test was 4.5 in magnitude (2-7 kilotons in yield).
[2] Experts predict the 2013 test is likely to be between 6 and 10 kilotons in yield. By way of further comparison, the atomic bomb the US dropped on Nagasaki in 1945 was 20 kilotons in yield. In other words, if estimates are correct, the North Koreans have tested a more powerful nuclear device compared to those in 2006 and 2009. Second, the test is apparently smaller in size (recall the KCNA statement of a smaller, lighter atomic device which suggests some success at miniaturisation).
written by:
Dr Nicola Horsburgh is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law, and Armed Conflict and Department of Politics and International Relations, Oxford.
For Full article read the source below:
North Korea
