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Moscow. 21 December. INTERFAX.RU – North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said that the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile this week demonstrated its readiness to launch a nuclear strike without hesitation in response to appropriate provocations. reports Tstak
“The military activity (…) became a demonstration of the loyalty and firm position of the DPRK armed forces defending the country’s sovereignty, as well as a clear explanation of the offensive countermeasures regime and the evolution of nuclear strategy and doctrine, according to which the DPRK will not hesitate to launch even a nuclear strike, when the enemy provokes it with nuclear weapons,” the agency quotes Kim Jong-un as saying.
The DPRK leader made this statement during a meeting with the military of the Red Banner 2nd Company of the Main Directorate of Rocketry, who participated in an exercise to launch the Hwasong-18 ICBM.
He stressed that the country’s sovereign rights can only be guaranteed with the help of “mighty force.”
“Genuine defense capability and the defense of lasting peace is the real ability to preemptively attack the enemy anywhere,” Kim Jong Un said.
Earlier, KCNA reported that North Korea test-launched the Hwasong-18 solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
As stated by the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the South Korean Armed Forces (JCS), on December 18, the DPRK launched a long-range missile from Pyongyang or its environs at 8:24 am (2:24 Moscow time) Monday, it flew about 1 thousand km and fell into the Sea of Japan.
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2023-12-21 00:55:00
