North Korea conducts its first nuclear test.

On 9 October 2006, North Korea performed its first nuclear test, detonating a plutonium-based device underground. The test made North Korea the tenth country to develop and the eighth to openly test nuclear weapons.

2006 North Korean nuclear test
2006 North Korean nuclear test (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
North Korea Nuclear Test
North Korea Nuclear Test (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
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2006NorthKoreaNuclearTestSiteAerial (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
North Korea location map
North Korea location map (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

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