An attempt by the Americans to shoot down a North Korean intercontinental missile during a test launch in the Pacific Ocean will be considered a declaration of war by Pyongyang. This statement was made by Kim Yo-jong, the sister of the North Korean leader. TASS.
“If such military action is taken against our strategic weapons, it will be taken as a clear declaration of war against North Korea,” a spokesperson for North Korea said in a statement. Said.
According to him, the procedure for the actions of the Pyongyang army in such situations was outlined.
Earlier, South Korean media reported that in February the head of the US Indo-Pacific Command said that Washington would shoot down an intercontinental ballistic missile belonging to North Korea if it were launched into the Pacific Ocean.
Kim Yo-jong, vice-chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, called such statements unacceptable and “unnecessary and insane”.
Kwon Jong Geun, Former Head of US Affairs at the North Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs declarationThe continuation of US military exercises and the deployment of strategic weapons on the Korean Peninsula can be perceived as a “declaration of war.” According to him, the DPRK considers the discussion of a sovereign state’s right to self-defense in the UN Security Council as “ugly”. He noted that the United States and South Korea are holding exercises at the Pentagon on the use of expanded deterrence, a “rehearsal for nuclear war” against North Korea.