The regime of kim jong un threatened to respond to US military actions in the region “with overwhelming nuclear force” after the visit to Seoul of the United States Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin.
“The DPRK has a clear counter-strategy capable of dealing with any short-term and long-term scenario the US and its vassal forces attempt, and will tightly control present and future potential challenges with the most overwhelming nuclear force,” a spokesman for the North Korean regime told its propaganda agency KCNA.
The spokesman for North Korea accused Washington of being responsible for the escalation of tensions on the Korean peninsulaassuring that the political and military situation is in a “red line”.
“The United States is going to unleash an all-out confrontation with North Korea through continuous combined drills whose scale and scope have been greatly expanded”, he asserted before adding that, during his visit, Austin expressed “the dangerous scenario of turning Korea into a huge arsenal of war”.
The forces of kim jong un they insisted that Pyongyang was not interested in a dialogue with Washington “as long as he maintains his hostile policy and his line of confrontation.”
“The United States is so shameless as to try to buy time by promoting dialogue with North Korea under a misleading banner that it has no intent to be hostile, while continuing its most egregious aggressive policy,” the North Korean spokesman said.
the troops of USA Y South Korea held this wednesday joint air exercises over the waters of the Yellow Sea, located between the Korean peninsula and China, to face the threats of the North Korean leader.
The United States Ambassador to South Korea, Philip Goldbergasked hours before the South Korean government to “trust” the “containment capacity” of the US authorities in the face of the threat posed by North Korea for the region, trying to dispel growing doubts about Washington’s “complete readiness” to defend South Korea against a possible north korean attack as Pyongyang pushes ahead with its ballistics and nuclear programs.
At the beginning of January, the president of South Korea, Yoon Suk-yeolstated for the first time that if the nuclear threat from the North Korean regime increases, his country would consider the possibility of build your own nukes or ask the United States to deploy them on the Korean peninsula.
At a joint briefing by the defense and foreign ministries, Yoon said that the development of nuclear weapons is not yet an official decision and that it would continue to face the North Korean nuclear threat through its alliance with the United States, according to information from The New York Times.
Yoon’s comments imply the first time since 1991when the United States withdrew all its nuclear weapons from South Korea, which is officially mentioned by a South Korean president provide the country with nuclear weapons, according to the aforementioned American media. At the time, Washington withdrew such weapons from the Asian country as part of its global efforts to reduce atomic resources.
“It is possible that the problem will get worse and that our country introduces tactical nuclear weapons or builds them on its ownYoon said, according to a transcript of his comments released by his office. “If that’s the case, we can have our own nuclear weapons pretty quickly, given our scientific and technological capabilities,” he added.
Since taking office in May, Yoon has been pushing for bolster confidence in extended US deterrenceits military capacity, especially nuclear forces, to deter attacks against its allies, while Pyongyang strives to ensure its ability to strike anywhere in the United States.
(With information from Europa Press and Reuters)
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