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In this photo released by Pyongyang's state-controlled Korean Central News Agency, the North Korean military launches a missile as part of an exercise aimed at rehearsing the ″devastation″ of South Korean command nodes and communications. [YONHAP]

North's mid-air detonation tests suggest will to kill

North Korea's recent tests involving the mid-air detonation of missile warheads are likely intended to maximize casualties in the event of hostilities with South Korea, according to Seoul’s intelligence and independent analysis by the JoongAng Ilbo.

2023.9.7

In this footage by Pyongyang’s state-controlled Korean Central Television, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is seen inspecting what state media called the regime's arsenal of Hwasan-31 tactical nuclear warheads. [YONHAP]

North displays ‘tactical nukes’ as Nimitz arrives in Busan

The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz arrived in Busan on Tuesday for trilateral exercises with South Korea and Japan amid high tensions over North Korea’s advancing missile and nuclear weapons program.

2023.3.28

North nukes shift from strategic to tactical

North Korea appears to be making good on leader Kim Jong-un's vow to equip frontline units with tactical nuclear weapons and realize its objective of being able to carry out preemptive nuclear attacks should the regime's survival come under threat.

2022.10.11

Tag: tactical nuclear weapon

tactical nuclear weapon

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