North Korean leader Kim Jong-un urged his party to “accelerate” preparations for warincluding its nuclear program, the state press reported on Thursday (12/27/2023).
His comments came a week after Kim warned that his country would not hesitate to launch a nuclear attack if “provoked” with atomic weapons.
Kim addressed the issue at the conclave of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea, where He is expected to announce policy decisions by 2024.
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He asked his party to “further accelerate war preparations” in different sectors, such as nuclear weapons and civil defense, after ensuring that “the military situation” on the Korean Peninsula became “extreme” due to the “unprecedented” confrontations. from Washington, the official KCNA news agency reported.
During the second day held on Wednesday of an outstanding plenary session that the single North Korean party is holding these days ahead of the end of the year, Kim outlined the tasks to be carried out by the army and the sectors of the ammunition, nuclear weapons and civil defense industries, which he instructed to “further accelerate war preparations,” KCNA added.
Defends “anti-imperialist” alliance
Kim made this call “based on an in-depth analysis of the serious political and military situation on the Korean Peninsula, which has reached an extreme point unprecedented in history due to the confrontational movements of the United States and its vassal forces.” , according to details published this Thursday by said medium.
The North Korean marshal also defended his country’s right to expand and develop strategic cooperation “with anti-imperialist countries.” in an apparent veiled reference to the criticism received for his recent rapprochement with Beijing and Moscow, and to participate in the “anti-imperialist struggle” on an international scale.
The Workers’ Party inaugurated this plenary session on Tuesday, which is still unknown when it will end, to review the implementation of the policies proposed this year and establish the strategy for 2024, “a decisive year” for the fulfillment of the regime’s current five-year plan. said Kim, in which he advocated at the time to strengthen his weapons development.
Kim says he will launch a nuclear attack if provoked
The ruler of North Korea, Kim Jong-un, said that he will not hesitate to launch a nuclear attack if he receives atomic provocations and that his most recent test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is proof of this, according to information this last Thursday official media.
Kim made the comments during a visit to the entity that oversees the development of such projectiles, following the launch on Monday of a solid-fuel Hwasong-18 ICBM, the regime’s propaganda agency KCNA reported.
The president was “deeply impressed” by the company’s efficiency and told them that the launch is a good example of the evolution of the country’s nuclear strategy.and the doctrine of the DPRK (North Korea) not to hesitate even to carry out a nuclear attack in case the enemy provokes it with nuclear weapons.”
“Kim Jong Un congratulated the soldiers” for “successfully carrying out the Party’s order of battle to demonstrate the reliability and power of the DPRK’s strategic nuclear force by determinedly and proudly carrying out the launch test of the highest intercontinental ballistic missile.” powerful, which greatly shocked the American imperialists and their titles,” KCNA noted.
The leader of the North Korean regime assured that the sovereign rights of his country can only be guaranteed by “a strong power,” although he reminded the company that its mission is a deterrent and its “sacred mission is to avoid war and defend peace.”
The Hwasong-18 is the largest missile in the North Korean arsenal and analyzes of this week’s launch show that if it had been launched on a conventional trajectory it could have reached any part of US territory.
This Monday was the fifth launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile by Pyongyang, a record number that underlines the significant military escalation that the Korean Peninsula has recorded this year.
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