Military Equipment of Korea - Military Equipment of North Korea, Military Equipment of South Korea, Naval Ships of Korea, Weapons of Korea (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: Military equipment of North Korea, Military equipment of South Korea, Naval ships of Korea, Weapons of Korea, 2006 North Korean nuclear test, Turtle ship, Korean sword, List of equipment of the Republic of Korea Army, Hwacha, Panokseon, KAI Surion, List of military equipment of Republic of Korea, Daewoo K11, Daewoo K7, Daewoo USAS-12, Defense Industry of North Korea, Myeonje baegab, Korean armour, Korean cannon, Korean spears, Koksan, War wagon, Korean fighting fan, Korean Commander's Panoramic Sight, Korean knife, Weapons of Kuk Sool Won, Deungpae, Hongyi-po, VTT-323, Chuch'e-Po, Chongtong, ATM-72 mine, ATM-74 mine. Excerpt: The 2006 North Korean nuclear test was the detonation of a nuclear device conducted on October 9, 2006 by North Korea. North Korea announced its intention to conduct a test on October 3, six days prior, and in doing so became the first nation to give warning of its first nuclear test. The blast is estimated to have had an explosive force of less than one kiloton, and some radioactive output was detected. United States officials suggested the device may have been a nuclear explosive that misfired. An anonymous official at the North Korean Embassy in Beijing told a South Korean newspaper that the explosive output was smaller than expected. Because of the secretive nature of North Korea and small yield of the test, there remains some question as to whether it was a successful test of an unusually small device (which would have required sophisticated technology), or a partially failed "fizzle" or dud. It was reported that the government of the People's Republic of China was given a 20-minute advance warning that the test was about to occur. China sent an emergency alert to Washington, D.C. through the United States embassy in Beijing at which time President George W. Bush was told by National Secur...