
North Korean chief Kim Jong-un, middle, inspects a nuclear materials manufacturing base on this picture, supplied by the Korean Central Information Company, Jan. 29. Yonhap
North Korea on Monday criticized the Trump administration’s plan to boost missile protection for allied territories, vowing to advance its nuclear deterrence and different navy capabilities in self-defense.
The North Korean overseas ministry’s Institute for Disarmament and Peace issued the criticism in a press assertion following President Donald Trump‘ govt order final week to pursue a „next-generation“ missile protection protect for the U.S. and allied territories.
The plan signaled a possible acceleration of the U.S. missile protection modernization within the Asia-Pacific area, which is dwelling to nuclear powers, the institute claimed within the assertion reported by the Korean Central Information Company (KCNA).
It additionally claimed that the U.S. would evidently speed up its joint growth of a system to intercept hypersonic missiles with Japan and different allies whereas deploying extra high-tech protection techniques in South Korea, such because the terminal excessive altitude space protection (THAAD).
The institute accused the U.S. of accelerating its pursuit of navy hegemony, saying it warrants North Korea’s continued growth of its self-defense capabilities anchored in nuclear deterrence.
North Korea „will reply by limitlessly bolstering its navy capabilities in response to accelerating navy threats from hostile forces,“ it stated. (Yonhap)