North Korean blast smaller than thought

The yield is about four kilotonnes equivalent of TNT, with an uncertainty range from three to eight kilotonnes," Martin Kalinowski, a professor at the Carl Friedrich von Weizsacker Centre for Science and Peace Research (ZNF), at the University of Hamburg, told AFP. Full Story »

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by Glenn LaBauve - May. 26, 2009

As with any breaking story reveification of the facts is extremenly important. This story gives a lot of scientific background explaination.

The lower yield in no lessen the impact of this test. While a larger yield would have shown a better mastery of the art of atomic weaponry, it was ... More »

I don’t know how the Russians arrived at their high estimate," he said. “I haven’t seen any technical evidence as to how they calculated this yield, ... More »

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