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The NKor N-bomb test was much bigger than reported
2019-06-06
[Defense One] Scientists looking anew at a 2017 North Korean nuclear test discovered that the explosion was likely about two-thirds more powerful than U.S. officials previously thought.

Earlier data put the yield somewhere between 30 and 300 kilotons; the U.S. intelligence community said 140 kilotons. That was already the most powerful device tested by North Korea, topping a 2016 test by about an order of magnitude. But a new look at seismological data suggests that the blast was between 148 and 328 kilotons, and probably around 250 kilotons.
Posted by:3dc

#1  So, double in size of the original report.
Is this a model of the weakness of the scientific intelligence research teams and the quality of their work?

Oilers are better at explosive seismology analysis, I think.
Posted by: Skidmark   2019-06-06 09:29  

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