If North Korean state media is to be believed, the regime tested a cruise missile last month with a range of 1,500 km (932 mi), allegedly hitting targets after a flight of a little more than two hours. Analysis after the test suggests that the regime has tactical nuclear weapons (TNWs) capability, which may signal a new phase in nuclear negotiations. 

The wider applicability of tactical nuclear weapons increases the chance of a tactical nuclear exchange, which in practice would soon result in a strategic nuclear exchange. The fact that these weapons, certainly when deployed by ballistic missiles, are now