Kiloton yields of North Korea’s six nuclear tests
Kim Jong-il
4
<1
October 2006
May 2009
Kim Jong-un
5–6
6–7
10–12
February 2013
January 2016
September 2016
100 kilotons
It is estimated that the 3 September test was over six times more powerful than Little Boy, the bomb dropped on Hiroshima
15
September 2017
Source: Globalsecurity.org (yield estimates for first five tests). One kiloton is equivalent to 1,000 tons of TNT
Kim Jong-il
Kim Jong-un
100 kilotons
It is estimated that the 3 September test was over six times more powerful than Little Boy, the bomb dropped on Hiroshima
Kiloton yields of North Korea’s
six nuclear tests
<1
4
5-6
6-7
10-12
15
September
2017
October
2006
May
2009
February
2013
January
2016
September
2016
Source: Globalsecurity.org (yield estimates for first five tests), One kiloton is equivalent to 1,000 tons of TNT