North Korea Weapon Test History By alh215 Oct 9, 2006 First underground nuclear test Apr 5, 2009 Launches three-stage Unha-2 rocket May 25, 2009 Second underground nuclear test Nov 12, 2010 Admits for first time that it can produce uranium hexafluoride Feb 12, 2013 Third nuclear test Mar 21, 2014 Test-fires 30 short-range rockets Mar 26, 2014 Fires two medium-range Rodang First time in five years that DPRK has tested medium-range Jun 27, 2014 Fires short-range projectiles (after warning over The Interview) Feb 8, 2015 Tests five short-range ballistic missiles May 9, 2015 Successfully launches ballistic missile from submarine Nov 28, 2015 Ballistic missile test from submarine Dec 21, 2015 Ballistic missile test from submarine Jan 6, 2016 Fourth nuclear weapons test Feb 7, 2016 Launches long-range ballistic missile Apr 15, 2016 Tests Musudan (fail) Apr 23, 2016 Tests a KN-11 submarine launch ballistic missile Apr 28, 2016 Tests two Musudan missiles May 30, 2016 Tests Musudan Missile Jun 21, 2016 Tests two intermediate-range Musudan Aug 3, 2016 Fires medium-range ballistic missile Aug 24, 2016 SLBM missile test Sep 9, 2016 Fifth Nuclear Test Oct 14, 2016 Failed test Musudan Feb 12, 2017 Test fires Musudan 500 km