North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Sunday called for “exponential increase” in the number of His country’s nuclear warheads development of a more powerful Intercontinental ballistic missile, state media Reported, as an East Asian country test- Launched a ballistic missile towards the sea towards the east of Korean Peninsula in in early time hours of the new yearcontinuing the trend that saw A record number of testing activities in 2022.
Kim moves We are in Line with Widely direction of nuclear program. He has repeatedly pledged to enhance quality and quantity of for him arsenal to match with What he calls “United States hostility.” Some experts say Kim’s attempt at production more Nuclear weapons and other weapons indicate his intention to continue a run of Weapons tests and finally solidified future negotiation power And the win Larger outside Privileges.
“They are anxious now on isolate and strangle (North Korea), in a way Unprecedented in Human history. calls for the prevailing situation for Double effort for overwhelming beef up the military muscle,” Kim said at the end recently key to rule party meeting, according to official Korean Central News Agency.
During the six-day meeting aims to determine new State goals, Kim called for “Exponential increase of nuclear power in the country arsenalTo produce tactical quantities battlefield Nuclear weapons targeting South Korea. he is also He gave the task to develop a new Intercontinental ballistic missile mission with Ability “Quick Counter Nuclear Strike” – a weapon he wants want to hit the US mainland with. North said first military The reconnaissance satellite will be launched as soon as possible possibleHe told the central news agency.
Kim comments from party meeting reads like An ambitious – but perhaps achievable – New Year’s resolution list. It is ambitious in which Kim consciously chose to spell out What he hopes to achieve like us head In 2023, however also dose is suggested of trust on Soo Kim, one of the security men, said analyst at the California-based RAND Corporation.
Last month, North Korea claimed to have performed key Necessary tests for the development of a new A strategic weapon, a likely reference to a solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile, and a spy satellite.
Define Kim of South Korea as enemy And the signal of The hostile policies of the United States and South Korea are a reliable pretext for system for production more Missiles and weapons to consolidate Kim’s negotiating position and consolidate North Korea’s status as a nuclear state powerSoo Kim said.
Later on Sunday, South Korea’s Ministry of Defense repeated a warning that any attempt use nuclear weapons by North Korea lead to the end of Kim Jong Un Regime.” United States military He has previously issued similar warnings.
“the new year It started, but our security situation is still very serious. for us military You must firmly punish any provocation by enemy with Resolute determination we dare risk Fighting a battle, said South Korean President Yoon Sok-yol of the summit military Officers during a video conference.
Senior diplomats from South Korea, the United States and Japan spoke on the phone and agreed that North Korea’s provocations would only deepen international isolation And push their tripartite security cooperation. They still reaffirm that the door to dialogue with North Korea remains Open, according to the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Since its high stakes with Then-President Donald Trump collapsed in 2019 due to bickering over Under US-led sanctions, Kim Jong-un refused to return to talks with Washington was taken steps to strengthen him arsenal. Some observers say Kim will eventually want To make North Korea a legal nuclear state power So for win lift of international Penalties and termination regular United States and South Korea military exercises he considers significant security threats.
It was (Kim) during his 2018 New Year’s Day speech first mass production order of Warheads and ballistic missiles, it doubles down on This quantitative expansion goal in upcoming year, said expert Ankit Panda” with Carnegie Corporation for international peace. Said panda referring to a new It appears that ICBMs are related to the solid fuel system, which can be tested soon. He said that it could take a satellite launch place in April, the month that includes the key state memory.
Concerns about North Korea’s nuclear program Grown since north last year A. agreed new The law that authorized the preventive measure use of nuclear weapons in abroad range of Posturing and publicly threatening to use its nuclear weapons first. during last week party Meeting, Kim repeated the threat.
early on Sunday, South Korea military short discovery-range A ballistic missile was launched from the northern capital region. It added that the weapon traveled 400 kilometers (250 miles) before landing in Waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan. The US Indo-Pacific Command said US commitments to the defense of South Korea and Japan “remain armored.”
North Korea test-Fired more of 70 missiles last yearincluding three short-range Ballistic missiles discovered by South Korea on Saturday. The testing flurry suggests that the country is likely to be emboldened by its nuclear development program. Observers say that the North was also Able to continue its banned missile tests because China and Russia prevented the United States and other tightening of UN sanctions in the Security Council.
The Korean Central News Agency confirmed on Sunday that the country conducted test-tires of It is a super big multiple rocket launcher on Saturday and Sunday. Kim Jong-un said that the missile launcher puts everything of South Korea beating distance And able of It carries a tactical nuclear warhead, according to KCNA.
“The recent missile launches have not been very impressive from a technical point of view. Instead, the volume has been high of unusual tests times And from various locations Proving that North Korea can launch different types of Lev Eric Easley, a professor at the University of Iowa in flood.
Animosities between the two rival Koreas intensified from early on last week, when South Korea accused North Korea of Drones fly across its heavily fortified border for the first the time in Five years and respond by sending drones north.
