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***A 6.3 magnitude [[earthquake]] is detected near the [[Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site]] in [[Kilju County]], [[North Korea]], after North Korea tests its sixth and most powerful nuclear weapon to date. North Korean state media claims the country tested a [[hydrogen bomb]] that can be fitted on an [[ICBM]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/02/world/asia/north-korea-tremor-possible-6th-nuclear-test.html (''New York Times'')], [http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/kim-jongun-boasts-north-korea-has-missileready-nuclear-weapon/news-story/f4dec8a034604fd0a7f2589cb11e6a6b (AFP, Wall Street Journal via the Australian)] [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/02/world/asia/north-korea-hydrogen-bomb-missile.html (''New York Times'')], [http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-03/north-korea-says-it-successfully-tested-hydrogen-bomb/8867568 (AP/Reuters via ABC Australia)] |
***A 6.3 magnitude [[earthquake]] is detected near the [[Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site]] in [[Kilju County]], [[North Korea]], after North Korea tests its sixth and most powerful nuclear weapon to date. North Korean state media claims the country tested a [[hydrogen bomb]] that can be fitted on an [[ICBM]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/02/world/asia/north-korea-tremor-possible-6th-nuclear-test.html (''New York Times'')], [http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/kim-jongun-boasts-north-korea-has-missileready-nuclear-weapon/news-story/f4dec8a034604fd0a7f2589cb11e6a6b (AFP, Wall Street Journal via the Australian)] [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/02/world/asia/north-korea-hydrogen-bomb-missile.html (''New York Times'')], [http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-03/north-korea-says-it-successfully-tested-hydrogen-bomb/8867568 (AP/Reuters via ABC Australia)] |
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***The independent seismic monitoring agency [[NORSAR]] estimates that the blast had a yield of around 120 kilotons, approximately three times more than the combined explosive yield of the bombs dropped on [[atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki|Hiroshima and Nagasaki]] during World War II . [https://www.norsar.no/press/latest-press-release/archive/large-nuclear-test-in-north-korea-on-3-september-2017-article1534-984.html (NOSAR)] |
***The independent seismic monitoring agency [[NORSAR]] estimates that the blast had a yield of around 120 kilotons, approximately three times more than the combined explosive yield of the bombs dropped on [[atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki|Hiroshima and Nagasaki]] during World War II . [https://www.norsar.no/press/latest-press-release/archive/large-nuclear-test-in-north-korea-on-3-september-2017-article1534-984.html (NOSAR)] |
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***[[U.S. Secretary of Defense]] [[James Mattis]] says in a statement “Any threat to the United States or its territories, including [[Guam]] or our allies will be met with a massive military response, a response both effective and overwhelming". [http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles-mattis/u-s-defense-chief-mattis-threatens-massive-military-response-if-north-korea-attacks-idUSKCN1BE134?il=0 (Reuters)] |
***[[U.S. Secretary of Defense]] [[James Mattis]] says in a statement “Any threat to the United States or its territories, including [[Guam]] or our allies, will be met with a massive military response, a response both effective and overwhelming". [http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles-mattis/u-s-defense-chief-mattis-threatens-massive-military-response-if-north-korea-attacks-idUSKCN1BE134?il=0 (Reuters)] |
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