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Russia confirms North Korea’s nuclear test - Summary (yield: 10 ~ 20 kilo tons)
Earthtimes ^ | 05/25/09
Posted on May 25, 2009 1:32:46 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Russia confirms North Korea’s nuclear test - Summary
Posted on : 2009-05-25 | Author : DPA News Category : Europe
Moscow - Russia’s Defence Ministry on Monday confirmed that North Korea had conducted a subterranean nuclear test. The nuclear explosion had a strength of between 10 and 20 kilotons, Defence Ministry spokesman Alexander Drobyshevsky said, according to the Interfax news agency.
The detonation was registered in an area some 80 kilometres north- west of the city of Kilchu.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who was in Lebanon on Monday expressed concern over the developments.
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“(LEAD) N. Korea fires missiles to threaten U.S. spy planes: official”
By Sam Kim
SNIPPET: “SEOUL, May 25 (Yonhap) — North Korea fired two additional short-range missiles Monday in an apparent move to threaten U.S. spy planes monitoring a site where the regime is believed to have conducted its second nuclear test, a South Korean official said.
“The launches took place at around 5:03 p.m.,” the official said, speaking on customary condition of anonymity. North Korea had earlier launched a surface-to-air missile around noon, hours after it said it detonated a nuclear device in an underground bunker.
“The latest missiles were fired from Wonsan, which isn’t too far from Taepodong, where the first one was launched,” the official said. “The launches appear to be a reaction to U.S. surveillance efforts.”
South Korean officials said they detected a tremor similar to “an artificial earthquake” registering a magnitude of 4.4 on the Richter scale at 9:54 a.m in the northeastern part of the communist neighbor.”
SNIPPET: “The South Korean military could not immediately identify the specifications of the latest missiles North Korea launched, the official said.
“What we can say for now is that they were short-range missiles,” the official said.”
Yawn.