North Korea will increase its nuclear arsenal by mass-producing tactical nuclear weapons and developing new missiles capable of retaliatory nuclear strikes, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has announced.
At a meeting of the ruling Workers’ Party on Saturday, Kim accused the United States and South Korea of trying to “isolate and suffocate” the country it leads, and threatened that North Korea “would exponentially increase the country’s nuclear arsenal”. including the expansion of mass production of tactical nuclear weapons and the development of a missile system “another ICBM,” the primary task of which will be to launch a rapid retaliatory nuclear strike,” the agency said on Sunday. official press of North Korea KCNA.
He said these are the main goals of North Korea’s military strategy in 2023.
North Korea launched three short-range ballistic missiles on Saturday and one on Sunday, KCNA reported. The missiles landed in the Sea of Japan.
In 2022, North Korea has conducted several missile tests, including the launch of an ICBM.
