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North Korean nuclear test sets off years of earthquakes

225 points · 181 comments · rbanffy

  1. m0skit0 · · focus · HN ↗
    Curious how we never get articles about the harm caused by western countries nuclear tests...
    1. pavel_lishin · · focus · HN ↗
      Well, they haven't conducted any since 1996.

      > Since the treaty's opening for signature in 1996, only sixteen nuclear tests have been conducted, all by non-signatory states: Pokhran-II by India and Chagai-I by Pakistan in May 1998, and six tests by North Korea from 2006 to 2017.

      1. mavelikara · · focus · HN ↗
        Why were nuclear explosions harmless before 1996?
        1. pavel_lishin · · focus · HN ↗
          They weren't. Hence the treaty.
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