(Baonghean.vn) - North Korea's ballistic missile launch on February 12 is causing a stir in world public opinion. This is the country's 6th nuclear test. Let's review North Korea's nuclear tests that have shocked the world in recent years.
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| April 5, 2009: The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) launched a nuclear-tipped satellite rocket at the Punggye-ri site, prompting the UN Security Council to pass a resolution condemning the incident. This satellite image shows a North Korean missile launch site at Musudan-Ri on April 5, 2009. The image was taken about half an hour before a launch and clearly shows a white missile on the launch pad. |
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| May 25, 2009: The DPRK conducted a nuclear test at the Punggye-ri site. The test was conducted underground with an explosive yield of approximately 20 kilotons; at the same time, the DPRK also test-fired a surface-to-air missile with an operational radius of 80 km. Satellite imagery shows activities at the Punggye-ri nuclear test site in North Korea. |
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| February 12, 2013:The Democratic People's Republic of Korea conducted a new nuclear weapon test, with a yield of 6-9 kilotons. Photo: A nuclear weapon test by North Korea. |
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| January 6, 2016:Pyongyang announced that it had successfully tested a thermonuclear bomb, also known as a hydrogen bomb or H-bomb. Thermonuclear bombs are many times more powerful than nuclear bombs. |
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| September 9, 2016,North Korea's state news agency KCNA announced that Pyongyang had successfully conducted a nuclear warhead explosion test - Pyongyang's fifth nuclear test, eight months after the previous test. Image of the epicenter of the fifth explosion. |
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| February 12, 2017,North Korea says it has successfully tested a ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead in a launch overseen by leader Kim Jong-un. |
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