EU-Japan, new defense agreement. North Korea, “the super missile can hit anywhere” – Libero Quotidiano

In an increasingly unstable world and at risk of global conflict, we can no longer afford to look The Middle East on fire orUkraine as the most dangerous faces. The fact is that, as many analysts have confirmed in recent months, the tipping point may be in the coming monthsFar East. And the proof comes from the new security and defense agreement signed by him Japan e European Union.

The axis between Russia, China and North Korea it is becoming increasingly strong, from a diplomatic, economic and even military point of view. The effects will be felt not only in the Old Continent (with the Pyongyang regime ordered around 12 thousand soldiers North Koreans to fight alongside the Russians) but above all in the Pacific region. Seoul and Tokyo are increasingly concerned about increasing incentives Kim Jong-unwhile Beijing has again threatened to attack it directly Taiwan.

The head of the foreign policy of Brussels welcomed the new coalition between Japan and the EU Joseph Borrell as a historical and timely measure. Borrell and his Japanese colleague Take Shi Iwaya announced the agreement, which will take effect in January and which, according to local media, will include more joint military exerciseshigh level communication and defense cooperation.

All this just as North Korea continues to display its military power before the eyes of the world, claiming the success of Thursday’s test of the new intercontinental ballistic missiles (Icbm) solid fuel, so-called Hwasong-19. It was “the most powerful strategic missile in the world”, the official agency said Kcnaaccordingly “the new type of ICBM showed the world the hegemonic position we have achieved in the development and production of nuclear aircraft”.

Doubts remain about Pyongyang’s ability to guide such a missile and defend against one nuclear warhead while re-entering the atmosphere, but the Hwasong-19, like other recent ICBM tests, showed the range for hit almost everywhere in the United States. The launch vehicle, in an operation led by leader Kim Jong-un, flew higher than any previous North Korean missile, according to estimates by Pyongyang and the militaries of South Korea and Japan which continued its flight in deep space before falling into the waters separating Japan and Russia. The test, which was carried out a few days before the American presidential elections, received criticism from the US, South Korea, Japan and the EU, as well as the UN secretary general, Antonio Guterres. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky He criticized what he called his allies’ “zero response” to Russia’s use of North Korean troops in the war in Ukraine, which also raised concerns that Moscow could give sensitive military technology to the North in return.