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leveymg

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16. That is not entirely true. NoKo's tests have fizzled.

Wed May 16, 2012, 08:20 AM

May 2012

The first test in '06 was a fizzle, a total flop. The second ('09) achieved a yield of only 1/10 the Hiroshima bomb.

The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization Preparatory Commission assessed the yield at only slightly larger than the 2006 test, which was one kiloton.[24] Based on readings from 23 seismic stations, the Preparatory Commission estimated the blast to have a seismic magnitude of 4.52, corresponding to an explosive yield of 2.4 kilotons, compared to a seismic magnitude of 4.1, corresponding to a yield of 0.8 kilotons, for the 2006 blast.[25] [26]

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How bigotry almost cost America the atomic bomb [View all] SoutherDem May 2012 OP

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That was the Mk14 SoutherDem May 2012 #11

You are right. SoutherDem May 2012 #8

That is not entirely true. NoKo's tests have fizzled. leveymg May 2012 #16

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