North Korea threatens nuclear attack
04/05/2022 06:03
The tone between North and South Korea is intensifying. South Korea announced on Friday that it would be able to carry out precise air strikes on the neighboring country. Kim Jong Un’s sister is now declaring her country ready for a nuclear strike if necessary.
North Korea announces that it will use nuclear weapons against its neighbor in the event of an attack by South Korea. “This is not just a threat. This is a detailed explanation of our response to possible relentless military action by South Korea,” Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said on Tuesday. according to a report by state news agency KCNA. The South could avoid that fate by abandoning any “fantastic daydream” of a preemptive strike on a nuclear-armed state.
South Korean Defense Minister Suh Wook said on Friday that his country has a suite of missiles with vastly improved range, accuracy and performance, capable of accurately and quickly hitting any target in North Korea. Kim Yo Jong called the statement a “very big mistake”. Pyongyang opposes a war that would destroy the peninsula and does not see South Korea as its main enemy. However, if for some reason South Korea decides in favor of the “pre-emptive military action” that Suh Wook touted, the situation will change and South Korea itself will become a target.
North Korea has already tested an unusually large number of increasingly powerful missiles this year. South Korea and the US fear the country could prepare to test nuclear weapons for the first time since 2017 amid stalled negotiations.