North Korea's latest missile launches are a demonstration of the country's avowed ability to use nuclear force against South Korea and the mainland US. How immediate is that threat?North Korea claims its nuclear forces are capable of destroying its rivals, and often follows its provocative weapons tests with launch details. But many foreign experts call the North's claims propaganda and suggest that the country is not yet capable of hitting the United States or its allies with a nuclear weapon.There's no question that North Korea has nuclear bombs, and that it has missiles that place the US mainland, South Korea and Japan within striking distance. What's not yet clear is whether the country has mastered the tricky engineering required to join the bombs and the missiles.
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