North Korea carried out yet another missile-related drill over the weekend — this time with strategic cruise missiles. 

This was an exercise, not a test: The DPRK’s cruise missiles are in operational use, and North Korea can be expected to launch them more often like its short-range KN-23 and KN-24 ballistic missiles. 

Significantly, state media stated that the objective of the drills was to simulate a “tactical nuclear strike” on South Korea.

This is not North Korea’s first time doing this, but it is still a worrying development. Combined with other recent