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North Korea’s May nuclear test few kilotons: U.S.
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Posted on June 15, 2009 3:26:10 PM PDT by Flavius
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has determined that the nuclear test conducted by North Korea last month yielded an explosion of a few kilotons, the U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence said on Monday.
“The U.S. intelligence community assesses that North Korea probably conducted an underground nuclear explosion in the vicinity of Punggye on May 25, 2009,” the office said in a statement. “The explosion yield was approximately a few kilotons.”
North Korea’s first nuclear test, in 2006, was about one kiloton.
Shortly after this year’s blast, Russia said it estimated the explosion at about 20 kilotons, or about equal to the U.S. atom bomb dropped on Nagasaki in Japan in World War Two.
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OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C.
20511
NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ODNI News Release No. 23-09
June 15, 2009
STATEMENT BY THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
ON NORTH KOREA’S DECLARED NUCLEAR TEST ON MAY 25, 2009
“The U.S. Intelligence Community assesses that North Korea probably conducted an underground nuclear explosion in the vicinity of P’unggye on May 25, 2009. The explosion yield was approximately a few kilotons.
Analysis of the event continues.”
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