On January 6, North Korea conducted its fourth nuclear test and claimed to have successfully detonated a miniaturized hydrogen bomb. Though numerous experts have cast doubt on this claim, there is some suspicion that the North may have tested a boosted fission device or is otherwise working toward successful miniaturization of nuclear weapons. The prospect of North Korea, now or in the future, attaining miniaturized nuclear devices raises an important question: what is North Korea’s capability to deliver a nuclear strike and what delivery systems does it possess?

The most well-known and most likely of the North’s potential nuclear delivery