Analysis North Korea’s latest missile launch a step toward tactical nuclear weaponsTest launch may mark onset of dangerous new chapter in DPRK weapons development and foreshadow another nuclear test ![]() North Korea said it carried out the inaugural test of a new type of short-range missile, the first-ever DPRK system that state media has ascribed a tactical nuclear weapons delivery role. Tactical nuclear weapons had been identified as a major objective for military modernization by Kim Jong Un at the Eighth Party Congress of the Workers’ Party of Korea in Jan. 2021. “The new-type tactical guided weapon system developed under the special concern of the Party Central Committee is of great significance in radically increasing the fire striking power of the long-range artillery units on the front and © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |