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"Revisiting North Korea's Nuclear Test"

"Revisiting North Korea's Nuclear Test"

Journal Article, China Security, volume 3, issue 3, pages 119-130

Summer 2007

Author: Hui Zhang, Research Associate, Project on Managing the Atom

Belfer Center Programs or Projects: International Security; Managing the Atom; Science, Technology, and Public Policy

 

Hui Zhang re-examines the North Korean explosion on October 9, 2006. His research suggests that the test was likely not a failure if Pyongyang had planned for a yield of 4 kt, as it told Beijing prior to the event.

 

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Full text of this publication is available at:
http://www.wsichina.org/\cs7_6.pdf

For Academic Citation:

Zhang, Hui. "Revisiting North Korea's Nuclear Test." China Security 3, no. 3 (Summer 2007): 119-130.

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