North Korean state media on Friday renewed their threat on launching missiles toward the US territory of Guam, warning that "reckless moves" by the US would compel Pyongyang to take action.
The threat was first made in August after US President Donald Trump warned Pyongyang that they may "face fire and fury like the world has never seen" after a US intelligence assessment that North Korea had produced a miniaturized nuclear warhead.
The Pariah State have already warned several times that they will take counteractions for self-defense, including a salvo of missiles into waters near the US territory of Guam.
The Supreme leader of the Pariah State, Kim Jong-un, "The US military action hardens our determination that the US should be tamed with fire and lets us take our hand closer to the 'trigger' for taking the toughest countermeasure.
Kim on August 15 announced the suspension of the plan to fire missiles near Guam but warned Washington that the plan will be put back on the table if they take any reckless move.
In September, Pyongyang had their highest yield and most powerful nuclear weapon test to date, a capabilities boost for their military and boost for their development of weapons capable of striking anywhere in the United States.
This latest actions by Pyongyang has made the US leaning more to the Military option rather than the diplomatic one as the best option for North Korea growing potentials which is a threat to US and her allies like South korea and Japan.
The tension between US and North Korea may again escalate further when US and South Korea joint military exercises begin on Monday.
Joint military exercises are particularly infuriating to Pyongyang who view it as a rehearsal for invasion but US insist they are purely defensive in nature.
The KCNA report listed a string of perceived US provocations including a litany of bombastic threats from President Trump, recent deployments of a US nuclear submarine and aircraft carrier to the region, and a new round of "high intensity" US and South Korea joint naval drills.
The article ended with a familiar warning: that the US would be solely responsible for "pushing the situation on the peninsula to the point of explosion.
However, there are signs that Pyongyang may be preparing for their most audacious missile test to date which may see four or more missiles being fired over Japan and nearer to Guam than ever.
In the UN assembly last month, Trump threatened to "totally destroy" North Korea referring to the North Korean leader as the "Little Rocket Man", and this statement infuriated Norths officials who sees the statement as not appropriate and an attack on their highest dignity.
White House Chief of Staff John Kelly warned Thursday that Americans should worry about North Korea having the ability to reach the United States with an intercontinental ballistic missile. He told reporters that if the threat grows "beyond where it is today, well, let's hope that diplomacy works".
Sanctions and threat has failed to deter North Korea from its Missile and Nuclear programs,In the last three months, North Korea conducted its most powerful nuclear test ever and launched two missiles over northern Japan.
By all indications, another North Korean provocation is inevitable.
2 comments:
I think war is inevitable.
Nah! I strongly doubt it.
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