North Korea has announced that it will “enhance” frontline military units close to the border with the South in what appears to be a hint that it will deploy battlefield nuclear weapons.
The decision was made at a three-day meeting last week of the central military commission (CMC), one of the country’s highest decision-making bodies, which was presided over by Kim Jong-un.
According to the state-run Korean Central News Agency, the CMC “decided to supplement the operation duties of frontline units with an important military action plan. It also examined and approved an important issue of providing a military guarantee for further strengthening the country’s war deterrent.”
Although it did not refer directly to tactical nuclear weapons, which have a smaller yield and are
