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Why North Korea’s Fifth Nuclear Test is Not Like the Others

Foreign Affairs, Military, Nuclear Weapons

September 12, 2016, by Van Jackson— The fifth test is significant because it reaffirms an undeniable sea change in how we should read North Korean intentions... At around 10 kilotons, North Korea’s September 9 nuclear test reportedly marks its largest yet. It was also the third such detonation under Kim Jong-un...