One expert said Kim Jong Un's recent commentary on nuclear forces 'suggests that new weapons testing rather than dialogue with South Korea or the U.S. is on the horizon.'
One expert said his commentary"suggests that new weapons testing rather than dialogue with South Korea or the U.S. is on the horizon."North Korean leader Kim Jong Un suggested multiple times this week that his government could"preemptively" use nuclear weapons in response to threats, state media revealed Saturday.
According to the state news agency, the nation's leader noted that"in the present world, where a force clashes with the other fiercely and one can preserve one's dignity, rights, and interests only when one gets stronger, the tremendous offensive power, the overwhelming military muscle that no force in the world can provoke, is the lifeline guaranteeing the security of our country and people and the future of posterity.
Expressing the committee's"firm will to surely maintain the absolute superiority of the revolutionary armed forces and constantly develop them to preemptively and thoroughly contain and frustrate all dangerous attempts and threatening moves, including ever-escalating nuclear threats from hostile forces, if necessary, he stressed the need for the commanding officers to boldly open up a new stage of development of the revolutionary armed forces, steadfastly adhering to the army-building...
The fundamental mission of our nuclear forces is to deter a war, but our nukes can never be confined to the single mission of war deterrent even at a time when a situation we are not desirous of at all is created on this land. If any forces try to violate the fundamental interests of our state, our nuclear forces will have to decisively accomplish its unexpected second mission.that during the parade,"the North showcased the biggest weapons in its nuclear arsenal, including intercontinental ballistic missiles that could potentially reach the U.S.
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