With the temporary ceasefire in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the eyes of the world are once again focused on the Korean Peninsula. Recently, the DPRK's State Administration of Aerospace Technology successfully launched a reconnaissance satellite called "Wanli Jing-1." The satellite will begin official operations on Dec. 1 and will carry out reconnaissance missions to further enhance North Korea's defense capabilities. But the launch caused tension between the United States and South Korea, which not only issued a joint statement with eight other countries, but also planned to impose sanctions on North Korea at the United Nations. However, China and Russia resolutely oppose this, and the US plot has not succeeded. The following article will describe in detail the background and attitudes of the parties to this incident, as well as its possible implications.
According to the DPRK's State Administration of Aerospace Technology, the DPRK recently successfully launched a reconnaissance satellite called "Wanli Jing-1." The satellite will carry out reconnaissance missions to further enhance North Korea's defense capabilities. What is particularly noteworthy is that this satellite will fly over many places in the United States, and is expected to obtain coordinates and image data from key areas such as the White House and the Pentagon, and even include four nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and one British aircraft carrier at the Norfolk Naval Base in the United States. Such reconnaissance capabilities have made the United States and South Korea quite worried.
In response to North Korea's satellite reconnaissance capabilities, the Pentagon has taken a resolute attitude, saying that it will not publicly confirm whether North Korea has obtained these key data. It seems to be tough, but in fact, it is not difficult to see that the United States is worried about this matter. Because this means that North Korea has the ability to achieve precision strikes on the basis of nuclear missiles, so to speak, equipped with a pair of intelligent eyes for the missiles. The North Korean leader noted that the satellite is like a pair of eyes that will allow North Korea's fists to hit farther. This is a direct threat to the United States, especially given that North Korea already has Hwasong-18 ICBMs with the possibility of carrying nuclear warheads. In this way, North Korea will not only be able to accurately lock on to the target, but will even be able to hit the White House directly. Therefore, the United States, together with other Western countries, immediately took action against the DPRK.
In the face of North Korea's actions, the United States and South Korea have taken joint actions to try to impose sanctions on North Korea through the United Nations. First of all, South Korea's ** Yoon Suk-yeol ordered a partial suspension of the "919 Military Agreement", and both North and South Korea have massively increased their military deployments near the 38th parallel, and the situation is tense. At the same time, Japan has also established defensive measures to deal with the possible threat posed by North Korean rocket launches.
In addition, the United States and nine countries issued a joint statement condemning North Korea's satellite launch, which it considers a threat to the global security situation, and demanding that North Korea stop this action. What's more, the UN Security Council held a meeting on November 27 on the theme of North Korea's nuclear nonproliferation to discuss specific plans for responding to the launch of North Korea's military reconnaissance satellite. The United States and South Korea strongly condemned North Korea, arguing that the act violated Security Council resolutions and could pose a serious threat to international air and shipping. Greenfield, the US ambassador to the United Nations, even pointed out that North Korea's behavior has greatly weakened the concrete achievements of the Security Council in limiting North Korea's nuclear proliferation.
However, China and Russia strongly oppose this and raised objections to sanctions against North Korea at the Security Council. The United Nations Security Council has adopted a one-vote veto system, and the opposition of China and Russia has left the United States helpless. In fact, it was the decision-making and strategic nuclear threats of the hostile attitude of the United States and South Korea towards North Korea that led to North Korea's **. Therefore, the strong opposition of Chinese and Russian representatives in the Security Council is aimed at putting pressure on the United States and South Korea to align the Security Council on sanctions against North Korea.
On the Korean Peninsula issue, China has always maintained a clear position, calling on both sides to remain calm and restrained, resolve the issue through political means, and engage in substantive dialogue and exchanges in accordance with the dual-track approach. In the case of the DPRK's launch of a reconnaissance satellite, China and Russia understood the cause and effect of the incident, and knew that the DPRK would not have reacted so strongly had it not been for the US and South Korea's decision to adopt a hostile attitude toward the DPRK and the strategic nuclear threat to the DPRK's homeland security. Therefore, the representatives of China and Russia strongly opposed sanctions against the DPRK in the Security Council.
The United Nations Security Council's one-vote veto system, which has troubled the United States with Chinese and Russian objections, has once again highlighted the importance of regional checks and balances. It can be expected that the current US politicians are anxious about this matter.
This article mainly describes the launch of a reconnaissance satellite by North Korea, the joint sanctions of the United States and South Korea against North Korea, and the strong opposition of China and Russia to this. North Korea's satellite launches pose a direct threat to the United States and South Korea, especially given that North Korea has nuclear missile and satellite reconnaissance technology that allows for precision strikes. The United States and South Korea moved quickly to try to impose sanctions on North Korea through the United Nations, but China and Russia strongly opposed the sanctions and expressed their opposition in the Security Council. China has always maintained a calm and restrained position, calling for a political solution to the Korean Peninsula issue and carrying out dialogue and exchanges. This incident once again highlights the importance of regional checks and balances.
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