The United States and South Korea made the strongest provocation, and North Korea could not bear ......
According to Yonhap News Agency, on December 18, the South Korean Joint Staff issued a message claiming that North Korea sent two ballistic missiles to the eastern waters of the Korean Peninsula, and the South Korean side analyzed the flight range, altitude, speed and other parameters of North Korean missiles.
The South Korean side believes that judging from the flight range of the missile, North Korea's move is most likely aimed at the actions of the US Navy. Just one day before the North Korean missile launch, the USS Missouri, a Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine of the US Navy, arrived in Busan and docked at the Busan Naval Operating Base.
In fact, without this analysis, the outside world also knows that North Korea's missile launch has a deep meaning. On December 17, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) quoted a spokesman for the DPRK's Ministry of National Defense as strongly condemning the frequent large-scale joint military exercises between the United States and South Korea and the dispatch of the USS Missouri nuclear submarine to the Korean Peninsula.
The DPRK side expressed its strong stance that it will resolutely smash any hostile forces' provocative attempts at nuclear war in order to ensure peace and security on the Korean Peninsula and in the region, and safeguard national sovereignty, territorial integrity and people's rights and interests. A spokesman for the DPRK's Ministry of National Defense also said that any attempt by hostile forces to use force against the DPRK would be met with a preemptive and devastating response.
Indeed, over the past year or so, the United States and South Korea have been strengthening military cooperation by conducting frequent joint military exercises. When US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and ROK Defense Minister Lee Jong-sub met in Seoul, South Korea, they clearly pointed out the need to maintain close consultations on the US side's timely deployment strategy to the ROK and expand the level of military exercises.
As the supreme leader of the DPRK, Kim Jong-un is not accustomed to the repeated provocations of the United States and South Korea, and has issued several orders to launch ballistic missiles in response, so that the United States and South Korea will not act rashly. Obviously, flexing muscles is not the preserve of the United States and South Korea, and North Korea is also very good at it.
North Korea's heavy punch is not an overreaction. You must know that when the United States and South Korea held a joint air exercise in February this year, they invested in the United States' strategic **, such as the U.S. B-1B strategic bomber. In June this year, South Korean media pointed out that the United States may put forward a proposal to deploy the "Typhon" system in South Korea next year.
Then, in July, the United States announced plans to send strategic nuclear submarines to the operational waters of the Korean Peninsula. This is the first time since 1981 that the United States is preparing to deploy strategic nuclear warheads in the region, a move that has undoubtedly exacerbated military tensions in the region.
Objectively speaking, the provocative signals released by the United States and South Korea to the DPRK are strong enough, and the DPRK, which has always been unaccustomed to US hegemony, will naturally not swallow its anger. Under the pressure of the United States and South Korea, Kim Jong-un has struck hard, forcing the United States and South Korea to face up to North Korea's strength and slightly restrain his behavior.
However, judging from the dynamics of the US nuclear submarine "Missouri", the United States and South Korea have not given up their plans to militarily provoke the DPRK, and the DPRK can only strike again and use its fist to make the United States and South Korea realize the reality. It has to be said that the United States and South Korea have picked the wrong opponent this time, and the situation on the peninsula is becoming more tense because of the United States and South Korea.
In order to ensure peace and stability in the regional situation and earnestly resolve the Korean Peninsula issue, all parties concerned should exercise restraint and dialogue as much as possible. In particular, the United States and South Korea, as the initiators, should reflect on themselves, otherwise the big "powder keg" of the Korean Peninsula will become more dangerous.