North Korea is “ready to deploy” its nuclear deterrent force in the event of a confrontation with its southern neighbor and the United States, warned Kim Jong-un during a speech on Wednesday July 27, reported by the official media of the country on Thursday.
“Our nation’s nuclear deterrent also stands ready to reliably, accurately, and rapidly mobilize its absolute power in accordance with its mission”, detailed the North Korean leader, according to the official Korean Central News Agency in Pyongyang. The country’s armed forces are “perfectly prepared” at “to face any military confrontation with the United States”he added.
Threats against Seoul
He also threatened the new conservative South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol, who promises to be more firm on the North Korean file. If South Korea conducted a “military action” against North Korea, it “would be immediately punished by our mighty force and the government of Yoon Suk-yeol and his army would be annihilated”assured Kim Jong-un on Wednesday.
Kim Jong-un spoke to veterans of the Korean War of 1950-1953, on the occasion of the celebrations of the “Day of victory” marking the armistice.
This week, the US military held live-fire drills in South Korea with Apache attack helicopters, for the first time since 2019. In June, Washington and Seoul threatened North Korea with a retaliatory response. “fast” in the event of a new nuclear test, by more sanctions but also a potential revision of the “military posture” American.
