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Kim inspecting Hwasan31, a small standardized nuclear warhead kit that can be mounted on its various nuclearcapable missiles and drones.
If the module was a real thing,the photos mean that the North is showing off an ability to massproduce standardized nuclear warheads, said Hong Min, an expert on North Korean weapons at the Korea Institute for National Unification in Seoul.
Last month, he ordered his government to step up the production of weaponsgrade nuclear materials.
South Korean officials said that some of the Norths claims, like the purported capabilities of its underwater drones and supersonic missiles, were exaggerated.
But Korean officials say that is more dependent on their confidence in the sitting American president and whether, in the midst of a North Korean attack on the South that employed tactical nuclear weapons, Washington would be willing to take the risk to enter nuclear combat.