[Korean Peninsula Focus] Confidence in possessing nuclear weapons? North Korea vows to stand up to U.S. aircraft carriers

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will continue to talk about North Korea with Ahn Jung-sik, a reporter specializing in North Korea.

[Ahn Jung-sik/Reporter specialized in North Korea: Through the statement of the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, we will confront nuclear weapons with nuclear weapons and face-to-face confrontation.

He also said he was not interested in any dialogue with the United States.

What is more important than these things?

This is the part where the United States announced that it would carry out checks without fail in the case of deploying strategic assets around the Korean Peninsula.

In other words, if an American aircraft carrier, nuclear strategic bomber, nuclear submarine, etc. comes to the vicinity of the Korean Peninsula, it will take countermeasures against it, that is, a military demonstration such as missile launch.

In the past, when US strategic assets came around the Korean Peninsula, North Korea seemed to be a little quiet.

However, in recent years, the latest strategic weapons of the United States continue to make armed provocations even when they are near the Korean Peninsula.

It seems that this is the judgment that the United States will not be able to do anything because North Korea has nuclear weapons.

It seems that North Korea's aggressive actions will continue this year.]

[Ahn Jung-sik/Reporter specialized in North Korea: Even if an ICBM has been created, it is true that there are still many mountains to overcome before North Korea can attack the United States with nuclear weapons, because re-entry technology is still lacking.

However, since short-range missiles targeting South Korea can be equipped with nuclear warheads, a nuclear attack against South Korea is possible.

North Korea seems to see that it can check the United States with this nuclear attack capability against South Korea.

To put it a little easier, if the United States tries to preemptively attack North Korea, South Korea has no choice but to stop it.

Because if North Korea makes a retaliatory strike, North Korean nuclear weapons could fall on South Korea.

In other words, just by North Korea threatening South Korea with nuclear weapons, it can have the effect of preventing an attack by the United States.

In other words, they are using South Korea as a hostage to exercise deterrence against the United States.]

[Ahn Jung-sik/Reporter specialized in North Korea: Yes, I should say so.

On the 8th, next Wednesday is the 75th anniversary of the founding of the North Korean People's Army, and it seems that there will be a large-scale military parade on this day.

North Korea has tested a large solid fuel engine with a thrust of 140 tons in Dongchang-ri in December of last year, and there is a possibility of introducing a solid fuel ICBM using this.

Even if it is not completed yet, there is a possibility that a model will appear and try to give a threatening message to the outside world.

I think I'm going to try to give this message that I can attack Korea, the U.S. and Japan at any time by introducing other strategic weapons.]