North Korea’s main state propaganda agency claimed in a report on Tuesday that communist dictator Kim Jong Un personally led what it called a “joint tactical exercise simulating a nuclear counterattack.”
Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on the regime side claimed The military exercise was necessary to counter ongoing joint exercises between South Korean and American forces that are scheduled to end on April 26th. It claimed that the exercise “sent a clear warning signal to the enemy.” The enemy’s military confrontation with North Korea is being carried out in an extremely provocative and aggressive manner. ”
Kim Jong Un is said to have expressed “great satisfaction” over the success of the training.
The alleged nuclear attack drills have been the latest in the past year, following the implementation of a constitutional amendment that would make North Korea’s denuclearization impossible and North Korea’s declaration in January that it would not pursue reconciliation with a free South Korea. It follows an increasingly long list of belligerent actions by North Korea. South Korea.
“We do not want war, but we do not intend to avoid war,” Kim Jong Un said in January, concluding that North Korea “cannot walk together on the path of national restoration and reunification.”
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The nuclear “counterattack” exercise took place on Monday and tested “the reliability of the command, management, control and operational systems of the entire nuclear force,” KCNA said. KCNA praised Kim Jong-un for personally guiding the entire exercise “simulating a nuclear counterattack using a super-large multiple rocket artillery.”
The Korean Central News Agency said, “Respected Comrade Kim Jong-un expressed great satisfaction with the results of the training, highly praised the high hit rate and accuracy of the super-large multiple rocket artillery, and said that he seemed to be able to see the firing of the sniper’s rifle. “It was,” he said. A South Korean-style tactical nuclear strike would be a formidable force and would mean rigorous preparations for the world’s most powerful nations to mobilize faithfully. ”
Kim claimed that North Korea’s ability to accurately use its “super-large multiple rocket artillery” has “improved significantly” and said the purpose of simulating a nuclear attack was “the important mission of deterring war.” He claimed that it was to fulfill the purpose.
Korean Korea JoongAng Ilbo identified Photos published by the Korean Central News Agency on Tuesday showed “four super-large multiple rocket artillery.”
The paper reported, “The super-large multiple rocket launcher is a short-range ballistic missile (SRMB) with a range of 400 kilometers and is codenamed KN-25 by South Korean and U.S. intelligence officials,” indicating that the equipment is not properly equipped. If it works, it could give North Korea the ability to target the South Korean Army, Navy, and Air Force Command.
South Korea’s Ministry of Defense on Tuesday threatened to overthrow the Kim regime if it is targeted with nuclear weapons, in response to the reported exercises.
“If North Korea attempts to use weapons, the South Korea-U.S. alliance will immediately face an overwhelming and decisive response that will bring about the end of the North Korean regime,” ministry spokesperson Chung Ha-gyu told reporters. he said. according to Go to Yonhap News.
“As North Korea continues its nuclear and missile provocations, the United States’ extended deterrence will be strengthened.” Junan “And South Korea’s unique preparedness capabilities, such as the three-axis system, will be further strengthened,” Chung reportedly said.
South Korea’s military leadership, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), dismissed the KCNA report’s claims as “exaggerated.”
North Korea’s communist government said Thursday it has conducted multiple military exercises aimed at training a nuclear attack on South Korea and “occupying all of the country’s territory.”
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“It is known that North Korea has not yet finished testing small tactical nuclear weapons,” Spokesperson Lee Sung-joon told reporters, according to Yonhap News.
This month, North Korea’s communist regime threatened the United States with claims that North Korea had an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) capable of reaching Guam and began testing what it described as a “hypersonic warhead.” did. JCS confirmed at the time that the missile tested on April 2 was likely an IRBM. Prior to this, Kim had planned several military exercises using North Korea’s most advanced technologies, including an “underwater nuclear weapons system” that the Korean Central News Agency claimed Kim personally drove. This included the “world’s most powerful tank.”
South Korean authorities have accused North Korea throughout the year of interfering in the April 10 parliamentary elections. The election was a landslide defeat for President Yun Seok-Yeong’s ruling conservative People’s Power Party (PPP), but the result is more closely tied to domestic issues such as the economic recession and concerns about corruption than to fear of North Korea. It seems so.
South Korean police said Tuesday they had found widespread evidence of another form of threat spreading domestically from North Korea: hacking of key defense companies and their subcontractors. According to the National Police Agency, hackers belonging to a North Korean cybercrime organization have penetrated “We went after not only South Korean defense manufacturers, but also subcontractors whose cybersecurity measures were relatively weak,” he said. Junan It was reported on Tuesday.
“The attack was carried out via IP addresses in Shenyang, northeast China, and one of the addresses was the same one used in the 2014 hack of the Korea Water Resources Corporation,” the paper said, citing police. ” reported. The purpose is to steal defense technology.
