Pyongyang indulges in a verbal escalation by affirming his desire to flesh out his nuclear arsenal, in a context of strong international tension.
Le Monde with afp
The seven missile launches that North Korea has been in recent weeks in recent weeks have been “tactical nuclear” simulations, and have been personally supervised by manager Kim Jong Une, the official North Korean agency KCNA said on Monday.
“The units of the Korean People’s Army (APC) responsible for the use of tactical nuclear weapons organized military exercises from September 25 to October 9 in order to verify and assess the ability to deter and counter- Country nuclear attack, “wrote Kcna.
The agency justified these exercises by the joint American-south-Korean military maneuvers in the region, “a regrettable attitude which still worsens tension in the region while openly constituting a military threat” for North Korea, According to her.
Simulation of “real war”
The missile launches carried out by North Korea in the past two weeks were exercises “simulating a real war,” added KCNA. “Kim Jong Un, secretary general of the Korean workers party and president of his central military commission, directed the military exercises on the spot,” said the state agency.
While talks about the disarmament of North Korea have long been deadlocked, Pyongyang has multiplied its armament trials since the start of the year. She notably pulled last week a ballistic missile above Japan, a first in five years.
Many experts and managers also believe that North Korea has completed preparations for a new nuclear test, which would be the seventh in its history and the first since 2017.