The North Korean leader said, during a military parade in Pyongyang, that nuclear weapons are “a symbol of national power” and that they must be diversified “with a view to a context turbulent policy and military and different crises to come “.
Le Monde with AFP
“We will continue to take measures to strengthen and develop our nation’s nuclear capacities at an accelerated pace,” said Kim Jong-Un, whose comments were reported on Tuesday, April 26, by the news agency North Korean KCNA. The speech was delivered during a military parade on Monday evening, on Kim Il-Sung square in Pyongyang, on the occasion of the 90 e anniversary of the People’s Army of Korea.
The North Korean leader said that nuclear weapons are “a symbol of national power” and that they must be diversified. Before developing: “with a view to a turbulent political and military context and the different crises to come … We will further increase our power at a pace as fast as possible”.
It is above all a dissuasive role which was put forward by Kim Jong-un, even if, if necessary, they could be deployed if the “fundamental interests” of North Korea were threatened. The country is the subject of severe international sanctions due to its nuclear and ballistic programs. Negotiations to convince the leader to give it up are at a standstill.
the hwasong-17, a “monster missile”, was out
The experts of North Korea expected that this parade was an opportunity to present its most sophisticated weapons, in particular hypersonic ballistic missiles as well as the intercontinental Hwasong-17 ballistic missile. This “monster missile”, capable of carrying several warheads which follow an independent trajectory at the time of their return to the atmosphere, had been exhibited for the first time in October 2020, during a military parade in Pyongyang.
The KCNA agency said that the Hwasong-17, which North Korea claims to have tested successfully on March 24 , was presented in public. “The spectators have pushed great cries of joy, very excited to see the giant intercontinental ballistic missile Hwasongpho-19 which rose in the sky on March 24 to demonstrate the absolute power” of North Korea “and The strategic position of our Republic, “said Kcna.