PYONGYANG, March 9. / Corr. TASS Yuri Sidorov /. North Korea managed to create a compact nuclear warheads suitable to equip ballistic missiles. This was stated by Kim Jong-un at a meeting with experts in the field of nuclear weapons, said on Wednesday the news agency KCNA.
The first secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and first chairman of the National Defense Commission in detail familiarized with the progress made by the defense industry experts in strengthening the nuclear potential of the country, “has paid great attention to the creation of various types of tactical and strategic ballistic missiles, familiar with the specifics of compact nuclear warheads”.
According to Kim Jong-un, “by reducing the weight of the country has created a compact nuclear warheads, which are suitable to equip ballistic missiles. ” As a result, he said, North Korea has a “full-fledged nuclear deterrence forces, which will allow not only to counteract the aggressive intentions of the enemy, but also to ensure the rapid economic development of the country in order to improve the living standards of the population”.
Pyongyang intends to strengthen nuclear potential
Kim Jong-un called for further strengthening of the country’s nuclear capacity in quantitative and qualitative terms as long “as long as there is a nuclear threat by the imperialists.” He warned that “North Korea not hesitate to strike pre-emptive nuclear strikes against the United States if the US imperialists will threaten its sovereignty and right to existence”.
The reaction to the US maneuvers and South Korea
Earlier, North Korean authorities reacted sharply on Monday kicked off the largest-ever joint US-South Korean military exercises Key Resolve and Foal Eagle. This year, they take part more than 300,000 South Korean and 15,000 US troops. As noted in the statement of the State Committee of Defense, in the case of the slightest provocation the DPRK “will cause pre-emptive strikes on the US mainland and US bases in the Asia-Pacific region, will hold an operation to release in South Korea.” The people and the DPRK army will not miss an opportunity to “expand the sacred war for national reunification,” stressed the statement
Manoeuvres and sanctions -. North Korea leverage
In Pyongyang claimed that the US-South Korean exercises have become another lever of pressure on North Korea after it in “the UN Security Council was fabricated illegal resolution in order to achieve the political isolation of the country and to strangle its economy.” North Korea’s Committee for Peaceful Reunification of Korea has denied the information that the Key Resolve and Foal Eagle are “defensive in nature”. How to believe in this organization, they are carried out in preparation for the implementation of the operational allies plan OPLAN 5015, which “provides a script application point of preventive strikes on strategic targets in North Korea, including the neutralization of nuclear missile potential” and “overthrow the existing People’s Republic legitimate social system “. North Korea insists that these maneuvers are aimed at practicing military incursion into its territory, and calls for their abolition.
on the Korean Peninsula situation deteriorated after Pyongyang this year announced the test of a hydrogen bomb and the successful launch launch vehicle with the satellite on board. In response, on March 2 the UN Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution №2270 to tighten sanctions against the DPRK. It provides for a ban on imports of coal country, iron ore, titanium, vanadium, gold and other precious metals, as well as an embargo on deliveries to the aviation and rocket fuel. In addition, the document introduces sanctions against the banking sector, mandatory inspections of goods and targeted measures against persons and entities associated with nuclear and missile programs.
Pyongyang rejected the UN Security Council resolution on the grounds that the nuclear test “was carried out in self-defense “in response to the US hostile policy and the launch of the satellite -” in the interest of space exploration for peaceful purposes. ” Earlier, Kim Jong-un has announced the implementation of the country’s five-year program of study of near-Earth space, noting the importance of launching new satellites
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