Pyongyang,
April 2 (KCNA)
The
vice general director of the General Armaments Bureau of the Ministry of
National Defence of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea issued the
following press statement on April 1 under the title "The new 'co-produced
weapon' of the U.S.-Japan military alliance signals the further unstable
security environment of the region":
The
U.S.-Japan alliance styling itself a key axis of the U.S.-led military alliance
system in the Asia-Pacific region is taking on a fresh appearance to give
repeated signals of instability to the surrounding countries and the regional
society.
A
typical example is that the U.S. and Japan formally agreed to co-produce the
latest air-to-air missile AIM-120, with the recent visit of the U.S. secretary
of Defense to Japan as an occasion.
What
is serious is that it can never be accepted only as the production of weapons
for fighters aimed at defending airspace and securing the command of the air.
The danger of it is further highlighted in the light of the peculiarities of
the geopolitical and military security environment in Northeast Asia.
All
types of main fighters, involved in the U.S.-Japan and U.S.-Japan-ROK three
party joint aerial drills that we have frequently witnessed in the sky near the
Korean peninsula and further in the sky above the East Sea and South Sea of
China, can carry the AIM-120 with a range of more than 160 km.
In
view of the military doctrine of the U.S. Air Force which specified that the
command of the air should be secured through massive introduction and use of
the ultra-modern long-range air weapons such as AIM-120, the anti-aircraft
system of enemy states be neutralized through preemptive strike and then
strategic bombers be sent to deal a heavy blow to the strategic depth of the
opponent, AIM-120 is now becoming another "co-produced weapon" of the
U.S.-Japan military alliance, which is turning offensive and aggressive from A
to Z.
The
joint production of ultra-modern weapons pursued by the U.S. and Japan is
adding new element of strategic instability to the Asia-Pacific region,
bringing ominous dark clouds.
The
U.S. has connived at and encouraged Japan's moves for a military giant since
last century. It has sharply expanded the application range of the U.S.-Japan
security treaty, which was limited to "contingency in Japan", to
space and cyber fields, to say nothing of "contingencies in areas
surrounding Japan" in recent years. It has also actively backed Japan's
possession of "counterattack capability" and unhesitatingly offered
long-range attack means such as Tomahawk cruise missile.
At
a time when the U.S. and Japan are seeking to integrate the existing military
operation control system through the U.S. military reorganization in Japan and
the establishment of the "integrated operation command" and to
steadily access to the wartime environment, their cooperation in the field of
munitions industry is being accelerated in direct proportion to it. It is not a
secret that such moves are aimed at militarily deterring the regional
countries.
Certainly,
the center of gravity of the U.S. hegemony-oriented military security strategy
is changing and it is a new warning signal for the Asia-Pacific regional
society including the countries in Northeast Asia.
A
force without justice is a tyranny and justice without a force is meaningless.
It
will be a priority task of the DPRK in the future, too, to actively cope with
the unstable strategic environment being created around the DPRK by the U.S.
and its followers and to bolster up the powerful deterrence capable of making
enemy countries have no other choice but to give up their political and
military ambition.
The
DPRK's efforts to apply the most appropriate solution to control and manage the
military tension in the region will continue, and Washington and its servants'
attempt to hold military hegemony will never be allowed.
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