north korea conducted its first nuclear test on october 9, 2006.
when did north korea conduct its first nuclear test?
october 9 , 2006
north korea was a party to the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, but announced a withdrawal on january 10, 2003, after the united states accused it of having a secret uranium enrichment program and cut off energy assistance under the 1994 agreed framework. in february 2005, north korea claimed to possess functional nuclear weapons, though their lack of a test at the time led many experts to doubt the claim. in october 2006, north korea stated that, in response to growing intimidation by the united states, it would conduct a nuclear test to confirm its nuclear status. north korea reported a successful nuclear test on october 9, 2006 (see 2006 north korean nuclear test). most u.s. intelligence officials believed that the test was probably only partially successful with a yield of less than a kiloton. north korea conducted a second, higher yield test on 25 may 2009 (see 2009 north korean nuclear test) and a third test with still higher yield on 12 february 2013 (see 2013 north korean nuclear test). north korea claimed to have conducted its first hydrogen-bomb test on 5 january 2016, though measurements of seismic disturbances indicate that the detonation was not consistent with a hydrogen bomb. on 3 september 2017, north korea detonated a device which caused a magnitude 6.1 tremor, consistent with a low-powered thermonuclear detonation; norsar estimates the yield at 250 kilotons of tnt. in 2018, north korea announced a halt in nuclear weapons tests and made a conditional commitment to denuclearisation of the korean peninsula.
list of states with nuclear weapons
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bullet::::- agreed framework between the us and the dprk (1994)









































bullet::::- history of japan–korea relations#japan–north korea









































bullet::::- japan–north korea pyongyang declaration (2002)









































bullet::::- list of nuclear weapons tests of north korea









































bullet::::- 2009 north korean nuclear test









































bullet::::- 2013 north korean nuclear test









































bullet::::- january 2016 north korean nuclear test









































bullet::::- september 2016 north korean nuclear test









































bullet::::- list of states with nuclear weapons









































bullet::::- mantapsan









































bullet::::- milestone nuclear explosions









































bullet::::- north korea and weapons of mass destruction









































bullet::::- north korea–united states relations









































bullet::::- six-party talks (2003 – ?)
2006 north korean nuclear test