S Korea estimates North's nuclear test at 50 kilotons

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AFP Seoul
Last Updated : Sep 04 2017 | 12:32 PM IST
North Korea's nuclear test had an estimated strength of 50 kilotons, defence ministry officials told a parliamentary briefing today.
That would make it five times the size of the North's previous test in September last year, and more than three times bigger than the US device that destroyed Hiroshima in 1945.

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First Published: Sep 04 2017 | 12:32 PM IST

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