TACTICAL GUIDED WEAPON

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Context: North Korea has test fired a new type of tactical guided weapon designed to boost its nuclear fighting capability.

First tested in 2019, the missile is part of North Korea’s expanding short-range weaponry that are aimed at overwhelming missile defenses in North Asia.
These missiles are potentially nuclear-capable, are designed to be maneuverable and fly at low altitudes, theoretically giving them a better chance at evading and defeating missile defense systems.

Tactical guided missiles

These are shorter-ranged weapons designed for use in the immediate combat area.
Long-range, or strategic, guided missiles are of two types, cruise and ballistic.
Cruise missiles are powered by air-breathing engines that provide almost continuous propulsion along a low, level flight path.
Ballistic missile is a rocket-propelled self-guided strategic-weapons system that follows a ballistic trajectory to deliver a payload from its launch site to a predetermined target. Ballistic missiles can carry conventional high explosives as well as chemical, biological, or nuclear munitions.