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North Korea deploys hundreds of new missile launchers at border with South Korea
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has overseen the delivery of 250 new tactical ballistic missile launchers, which are designed to overwhelm missile defenses in South Korea. The launchers are reportedly mobile and can deliver nuclear strikes on South Korea and US bases in the country. This development has been confirmed by multiple sources, including KCNA, which quoted Kim as saying that the launchers have been deployed.
Assuming all 250 launchers are functional it's unclear if North Korea has produced the corresponding capacity of 1,000 missiles (and beyond).
We believe [the missile launchers] are intended to be used in various ways, such as to attack or threaten South Korea… Deploying near the border would mean that the range is not long.
The rapidly changing global security environment and the indiscriminate expansion of US-led military blocs lead us to the conclusion that we need to more thoroughly and fully have our national nuclear capabilities and nuclear posture ready.
Dialogue or confrontation can be our choice, but what we must be more thoroughly prepared for is confrontation.
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perspectives
- 1.US Foreign Policy
- 2.Russian Foreign Policy
- 3.Chinese Foreign Policy
- 4.Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
- 5.Nuclear Weapons
- 6.Japanese Foreign Policy
- 7.North-South Korea Conflict
- 8.South Korea Foreign Policy
- 9.South Korean politics
- 10.North Korea Nuclear Posture
- 11.Conflict
countries
- 1.Japan
- 2.Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
- 3.Korea, Republic of
- 4.Russian Federation
- 5.Ukraine
- 6.United States
organizations
- 1.38 North Program
- 2.Center for Strategic and International Studies
- 3.South Korean Unification Ministry
- 4.United Nations
- 5.UN World Food Program
persons
- 1.Kim Jong-Un
- 2.Joseph Dempsey
- 3.Kim Dong-Yub
- 4.Lee Sung-Joon
- 5.Shin Won-Sik
- 6.Vann Van Diepen
- 7.Vladimir Putin