North Korea: The intrigue and bamboozlement of the North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un continues to grab the headlines of the world. A day after launching an intercontinental ballistic missile Kim Jong fired another salvo by threatening the world with nuclear weapons. The latest theatrics is perhaps in retaliation of the US-Japan joint military drills over the sea of Japan.
A day after launching an intercontinental ballistic missile that landed in Japan’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ), North Korean leader Kim Jong Un fired another salvo by threatening the world with nuclear attacks.
“Kim Jong Un unilaterally declared that if the enemies continue to pose threats…our party and government will resolutely react to nukes with nuclear weapons and to total confrontation with all-out confrontation
The North Korean leader was retaliating against USA and Japan’s joint military drills over the Sea of Japan on Friday. Kim slammed the drills by calling them “aggression war drills”.
It is interesting to note that Kim attended the missile launch on Thursday alongside his daughter and wife.
Japanese Defence Ministry’s announcement provokes Kim?
A day earlier, the Japanese defence ministry announced that Tokyo and Washington were holding a military drill in the region to thwart any possible misadventure by North Korea in the region as one of North Korea’s ICBM missile landed within the ambit of Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone in the Sea of Japan.
North Korea has taken a rather aggressive stand in the last few months by launching a flurry of missiles in the region. In September, Kim declared North Korea an “irreversible” nuclear state, putting the major powers across the globe on their toes.
North Korea is the only country totally isolated across the globe and there is no instance of rivalry with any country. Still Kim Jong keeps on flaunting his destructive weapons by testing one after another Inter Continental Ballistic Missile and continues with his warning of ‘fiercer military responses’
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un promised to counter US nuclear threats with his arsenal of nuclear weapons when he was inspecting a test of the country’s new intercontinental ballistic missile.
The isolated country fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) toward the East Sea on Friday, the South Korean military said, in protest over the United States’ move to reinforce its “extended deterrence” protection of South Korea and Japan.
Attending the site with his daughter and wife, Kim said threats from the United States and its allies pursing a hostile policy prompted his country to “substantially accelerate the bolstering of its overwhelming nuclear deterrence.”
“Kim Jong Un solemnly declared that if the enemies continue to pose threats … our party and government will resolutely react to nukes with nuclear weapons and to total confrontation with all-out confrontation,” the official KCNA news agency said.
The launch is presumed to have involved the Hwasong-17 ICBM, according to Yonhap, the same ICBM was test-fired on Novermber 3, but the launch was seen as a failure.
The launch of the Hwasong-17 ICBM was confirmed by the north and was part of “top-priority defense-building strategy” aimed at building “the most powerful and absolute nuclear deterrence,” KCNA said, calling it “the strongest strategic weapon in the world.”
The missile flew nearly 1,000 km (621 miles) for about 69 minutes and reached a maximum altitude of 6,041 km, KCNA said.
The Hwasong-17 ICBM was called a “monster” of a missile for its sheer size. It is able to carry multiple warheads and has a range of around 15,000 km, according to North Korea, long enough to reach the entire US mainland.
“North Korea’s ICBM launch this time is a significant provocation and serious act of threat that undermines peace and stability not only on the Korean Peninsula but also in the international community and a clear violation of UN Security Council resolutions,” the JCS said in a text message sent to reporters, according to Yonhap.
North Korea has conducted a record number of missile tests this year, and also fired hundreds of artillery shells into the sea more recently as South Korea and the United States staged exercises, some of which involved Japan.
South Korea strengthens extended deterrence measures
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol instructed the National Security Council on Friday to implement strengthened extended deterrence measures following North Korea’s launch, according to Korean media.
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“President Yoon ordered a strengthening of the South Korea-US combined defense posture, active implementation of measures to strengthen the executability of the extended deterrence against North Korea agreed between South Korea and the US, and a strengthening of security cooperation between South Korea, the US and Japan,” the presidential office said.
Yoon also ordered action for strong condemnation and sanctions against the North, including a UN Security Council response, together with the United States and the international community, according to the South Korean presidential office.
United Nations Security Council will discuss North Korea
The White House strongly condemned the ICBM launch and US President Joe Biden has been briefed on the North’s latest provocation.
“This launch is a brazen violation of multiple UN Security Council resolutions and needlessly raises tensions and risks destabilizing the security situation in the region,” the White House said in a statement. “The United States will take all necessary measures to ensure the security of the American homeland and Republic of Korea and Japanese allies.”
The United Nations Security Council will discuss North Korea in a meeting on Monday, according to its schedule, after Pyongyang’s ICBM test fire.
A senior US administration official said earlier that North Korea’s latest missile test was of a “longer range missile that can hit many, many countries,” and said the United Nations Security Council should meet to discuss it.
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