FOCUS – The Pyongyang regime, which has given up negotiations on nuclear power, is increasing ballistic tests. The North Korean military fired cruise missiles on Wednesday.
North Korea is no longer at its first provocation. But since the end of September, the ballistic tests that the Pyongyang regime has marked a turning point. It is indeed the first time that these have been officially presented as exercises for the purpose of nuclear strikes.
North Korea now boasts of having operational ballistic missiles and cruise missiles to carry nuclear payloads. “Korean People’s Army (KPA) units responsible for the use of tactical nuclear weapons held military exercises from September 25 to October 9 to test and evaluate the country’s nuclear deterrence and counterattack capability.“, said the official KCNA agency on Monday, referring to the “simulation of a real war».
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The credibility of the regime is still considered uncertain in this area by observers, even if the latest events mark a new threshold in the escalation initiated by Kim Jong-un…
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