Last week, North Korea announced that it had successfully tested its long-range cruise missiles, which have the potential to hit Japan.
Compared to ballistic missiles, cruise missiles can fly half-diagonally, giving them the ability to strike from different angles.
This suggests that North Korea is in a race to find complex and diverse ways to strike a nuclear weapon.
It is clear that global epidemics, numerous natural disasters and internal economic difficulties have not deterred North Korea from pursuing its own nuclear weapons policy.
This latest successful experiment raises a number of questions. Like why is North Korea doing this at the moment, what is its significance and what does it tell us about its priorities?
