North Korea issued a "serious military warning" to South Korea in response to the South Korean-U.S. military exercises and drills for nuclear strikes!
[Global Times Comprehensive Report] The 10th of this month marks the 77th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea.
On the same day, KCNA and Rodong Sinmun, North Korea's two major official media, published widely on Chairman Kim Jong-un's on-the-spot guidance on the training of troops using tactical nuclear weapons.
Yonhap News Agency said on the 10th that the South Korean government is deeply concerned about this.
unusual signal
According to a report by the Korean Central News Agency on the 10th, in order to verify the country's war deterrence and nuclear counterattack capabilities, and as a serious warning to the enemy, the Korean People's Army tactical nuclear weapons application troops conducted military training from September 25 to October 9. Comrade Kim Jong-un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party and Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party, personally guided the military training on the spot, and members of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party observed the training.
The training was conducted during a dangerous military exercise by the U.S. Navy that gathered large-scale maritime forces such as aircraft carriers, Aegis destroyers, and nuclear-powered submarines in the waters of the Korean peninsula, the report said.
In response to the inevitable situation, the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea discussed the political and military situation and prospects facing the Korean peninsula in late September, and then decided to organize different levels of actual combat military training to verify and improve the country's war deterrence and combat effectiveness , and issued a serious military response warning to the enemy.
According to KCNA, during the training period, the DPRK conducted a total of seven tactical nuclear weapons use force launch trainings, launched new surface-to-surface medium- and long-range ballistic missiles with a range of 4,500 kilometers, and conducted a variety of tactical missile launch training and super-large rocket launchers. and tactical missile hit training, etc.
The Korean Central News Agency said that Kim Jong-un said when guiding the training: "The enemy is imposing military threats while talking about dialogue and negotiation. We have nothing to talk to the enemy, nor do we feel that it is necessary. We must first strengthen our will and take strong measures. Vigorous action to send a clearer signal to the enemy who is sending in large numbers of troops from time to time to exacerbate the situation in the region."
South Korea did not detect "reservoir launch"
The Yonhap News Agency analyzed on the 10th that the military training pictures released by North Korean state media on the same day showed that North Korea used a variety of weapons such as KN-23 short-range ballistic missiles, KN-25 long-range rocket launchers, Hwasong-12 medium-range ballistic missiles, and submarine-launched ballistic missiles. Participate in training.
According to reports, North Korea conducted its first K-23 test launch on a train in September last year, and this time it launched a mini-submarine-launched ballistic missile from a reservoir, which was unexpected by the South Korean government and military.
"The Hankyoreh" said on the 10th that North Korea is the first in the world to launch submarine-launched ballistic missiles in inland reservoirs.
This means that North Korea may use many reservoirs as launch platforms similar to "submarines" in the future.
If "something happens", in addition to submarines, North Korea may also launch submarine-launched ballistic missiles from reservoirs in various inland areas, which undoubtedly increases the difficulty of pre-detection by the Korean army.
Hong Min, director of the North Korea Research Office of the Korea Unification Research Institute, said that in September this year, Kim Jong-un said in his policy speech at the seventh session of the 14th Supreme People's Assembly that he would expand the space for the use of tactical nuclear weapons. North Korea conducted training on the use of various means of nuclear weapons delivery, and Kim Jong-un observed the whole process, in order to show that the top leader of North Korea is very concerned about the use of strategic and tactical nuclear weapons.
South Korean government: We must take all measures to deal with it
Yonhap News Agency reported on the 10th that a relevant person from the South Korean Presidential Office (Presidential Office) said on the same day that it is particularly important to accurately grasp the severe security situation on the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia and make a comprehensive response.
Regarding the recent national security situation, the person said that protecting the lives and safety of citizens is a real issue.
Yonhap’s analysis believes that the presidential office’s reference to the Korean Peninsula and the “security status of Northeast Asia” means that it is necessary to comprehensively consider the security situation in the surrounding areas of the Korean Peninsula, such as the asymmetry of the nuclear weapons between South Korea and North Korea, the Russian-Ukrainian war, and the trilateral security cooperation between South Korea, the United States, and Japan. the need for further emphasis.
Kim Eun-hye, chief secretary of the Presidential Office Communiqué, said in a written document that the government will protect its citizens based on the strong alliance between South Korea and the United States and the trilateral security cooperation between South Korea, the United States, and Japan.
There is no "appropriate level" of security work, and only extraordinary alertness can maintain national security.
President Yoon Seok-yue also said that the government will further strengthen the South Korea-US alliance and the trilateral security cooperation between South Korea, the US and Japan to deal with nuclear and missile threats.
(Source: Global Times)