A screen showing images of Kim Jong Un in Tokyo on Oct. 4.
A screen showing images of Kim Jong Un in Tokyo on Oct. 4.

Even a small nuclear test by North Korea would be a big US worry

This week, Kim said a barrage of missiles launched in recent days were intended for tactical nuclear strikes, while warning Washington that any attempted attack could be met by strikes at American forces in South Korea and Japan.
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By Jon Herskovitz and Sangmi Cha

(Bloomberg) – As North Korea moves closer to its first nuclear test in five years, one of the biggest worries for the US and its allies might be a relatively small blast.

Kim Jong Un has made clear he wants to build an arsenal of "tactical" nuclear weapons, meaning lower-yield bombs that could be used on the battlefield rather than on whole cities. First it must produce miniaturized warheads to fit on the expanding array of short-ranged ballistic missiles it has designed to threaten US troops and their allies in Asia. 

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