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US Badly Underestimating North Korean Nuclear Threat, Scientists Warn

North Korea's Kim Jong Un supervises the launch of multiple missiles into the East Sea last month. (Korean Central News Agency/Reuters) 

By    |   Thursday, 06 June 2019 12:15 PM EDT

Seismologists examining data from North Korea’s largest nuclear-weapons test now believe it was about 66 percent more powerful than previously thought.

The scientists now estimate the bomb's explosive power was 16 times greater than the “Little Boy” atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima during World War II.

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Seismologists examining data from North Korea's largest nuclear-weapons test now believe it was about 66 percent more powerful than previously thought.The scientists now estimate the bomb's explosive power was 16 times greater than the "Little Boy" atomic bomb dropped on...
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