Hours after the overheating of operations in Pyongyang and the consequent
rejection by the United States
, North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un acknowledged that
he led atomic military exercises
for two days, in which
he simulated "a nuclear counterattack
," the agency reported. North Korean state KCNA.
The works included the launch of a ballistic missile equipped with a
"false nuclear warhead"
, that medium detailed in a publication released on Monday.
The North Korean dictator showed his "satisfaction"
with him for the series of exercises.
The drills were intended to "allow units
to become familiar with the procedures
and processes for implementing their tactical nuclear strike missions."
The new operations, Pyongyang's fourth show of force, came after South Korea and the United States began their biggest military exercises in five years.
The launch of the missile with a nuclear warhead, in the lens of the official agency of North Korea.
Photo AFP / KCNA via KNS
North Korea considered that these movements - known as
the Freedom Shield
, started on March 13 and will last until the 23rd - are a rehearsal for an invasion and warned that it will undertake
"overwhelming" actions in response
.
"The drill was also aimed at demonstrating
our firm willingness to provide a real war response
and send an even more serious warning to the enemy, which is expanding its war drills for aggression," the official North Korean agency detailed in this regard.
North Korea's exercises, with a missile "with a nuclear warhead" test
This weekend's exercises were divided into exercises simulating a move to a nuclear counterattack posture and the "launch of a tactical ballistic missile with a dummy nuclear warhead," the KCNA said.
"The missile carried a test warhead that
simulates a nuclear warhead
," he added later, without elaborating.
The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said Sunday that the short-range ballistic missile was fired from the Tongchang-ri area in North Pyongyang province.
After traveling 800 kilometers, it fell into the Sea of Japan
, they said from Seoul.
Kim Jong Un and his daughter walk to watch a new missile launch in North Korea.
Photo AFP / KCNA via KNS
The missile launch came a day after the official North Korean media reported that
more than 800,000 young people had volunteered
for the army to fight "US imperialists."
South Korean authorities called it a "
serious provocation"
in violation of UN sanctions
, said it was being scrutinized by US and South Korean intelligence, and then filed a protest through its embassy in Beijing, China.
The US Indo-Pacific Military Command, meanwhile, also condemned the launch, noting the
"destabilizing impact"
of the Korean war programme.
The military exercises of South Korea and the United States for which North Korea intensified its position.
Photo EFE
North Korea's exercises, from the UN meeting to the condemnation of the G7
The UN Security Council
is scheduled to
hold an emergency meeting on Monday on the launch of the ballistic missile, at the request of the United States and Japan.
For its part, the North Korean news agency KCNA reported on Sunday that Pyongyang's Foreign Ministry "strongly" warned the United States and other countries that "legitimate self-defense countermeasures"
should be included in the discussion at the UN Security Council.
for North Korea.
The
G7
- made up of Germany, Canada, the United States, France, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom - joined the expressions of repudiation
"in the strongest terms",
in a statement signed by their foreign ministers.
The G7 has already condemned North Korea's dangerous military exercises.
AFP photo
The note stated that the test "represents a
deterioration of international and regional peace and security
", and recalled that in the last year Pyongyang "intensified its escalation actions with a record number of ballistic missile launches" and its "irresponsible and destabilizing statement on the use of nuclear weapons".
"North Korea
cannot and will never have nuclear weapons state status
under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty; we urge North Korea to engage in denuclearization diplomacy and accept repeated offers of dialogue made by Japan, the United States and the Republic of Korea," referring to South Korea, the document added, according to the Europa Press news agency.
With information from AFP and EFE
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