North Korean leader The enemy must be afraid of us

Mondo International Updated on 2024-01-30

North Korea's supreme leader, Kim Jong-un, said that Pyongyang would not hesitate to use nuclear ** if provoked.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un praised the North Korean military's successful test of a long-range intercontinental ballistic missile, which has the ability to strike any target on the U.S. mainland.

On Monday, Pyongyang tested its solid-fuel Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile, which, according to analysts, has a range of up to 15000 kilometers. Unlike liquid-fueled missiles, such missiles typically require less time to prepare for launch, which means that the adversary has less time to detect them.

The North Korean leader celebrated the achievement on Wednesday, saying that only by demonstrating "the real ability to preemptively strike at an enemy anywhere......to make any enemy fearful" in order to guarantee the country's sovereignty and regional peace.

Kim Jong-un said that the missile test "clearly illustrates the pattern of offensive counterattacks and the evolution of North Korea's nuclear strategy and doctrine, and when the enemy provokes with nuclear **, the DPRK will not even hesitate to launch a nuclear attack," according to the North Korean ** news agency.

Kim Jong-un said Pyongyang's success "greatly shocked US imperialism and its top puppets, who are saboteurs of peace and stability, who perennially commit acts of self-destruction and are obsessed with hopeless hysterical confrontation."

In response to the launch, the United States, South Korea and Japan conducted their respective displays of force in the region, including a B-1B U.S. strategic bomber, to "demonstrate a firm resolve to respond jointly."

After a brief détente late in the U.S. Donald Trump's term, North Korea ramped up its missile test program after Joe Biden's inauguration, with more than 100 launches since early 2022. Since Pyongyang's successful launch of a spy satellite last month, tensions have been raised on the Korean Peninsula.

At the same time, the United States has increased the scale and frequency of its performances with South Korea. Last week, Washington and Seoul agreed to conduct a war game using nuclear weapons in exercises expected to take place next summer. The arrival of a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine in South Korea on Sunday — at a time when allies are expanding military exercises and cooperation — is also seen by North Korea as a "rehearsal for nuclear war."

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