Contemplating a third nuclear test in North Korea

From Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

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Contemplating a third nuclear test in North Korea

By Frank V. Pabian and Siegfried S. Hecker

6 August 2012

 

Shortly after its failed April 13 rocket launch, North Korea was widely expected to conduct its third underground nuclear test. Such a test would have fit the pattern of the first two nuclear tests, both of which followed failed rocket launches and international condemnation. And Pyongyang has compelling technical, military, and political reasons to conduct a third nuclear test that would demonstrate it can miniaturize nuclear warheads to fit on a missile, making its nuclear arsenal more threatening.

CV32: Lots of maps and diagrams of DPRK test sites in this article.