U.S. Gears Up For Potential North Korean Nuclear Test
North Korea has not conducted a nuclear test, although there are fears that it could before the November 8 mid-term elections in the United States.
The Pentagon said this week that the United States has plans in place in case North Korea conducts a nuclear test.
"We are in close contact with our allies and partners in the region, and if there is such a test, we will be able to respond quickly if necessary," defense ministry spokeswoman Sabrina Singh told Yonhap on Friday. News service.
"So we are concerned about the prospect of any nuclear testing. We know that North Korea was preparing for such a test," Singh added at a press conference on Friday, as you heard yesterday from the foreign minister and his South Korean counterparts.
North Korea has fired a number of missiles in recent weeks, including eighty over three days last week. This led to the failed launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) last week, according to South Korean media. The launch was said to be in response to US and South Korean "Wake the Storm" military exercises in recent weeks.
North Korea called last week's posts "practical" for "brutal attacks" on US and South Korean websites, the Associated Press reported.
"The recent relevant military actions of the Korean People's Army [from North Korea] are a clear response to the fact that the KPA will more fully and mercilessly withstand the enemy [from North Korea] with its provocative military actions," the North Korean general said. AP, army headquarters, state media, disseminate information through
Yonhap, citing North Korea's state-run Korean Central News Agency, said North Korea had threatened to take "permanent, decisive and massive" military action in response to the drills. He also called the recent exercises "an open provocation aimed at deliberately increasing tension in the region."
Also this week, according to NK News, South Korea repaired what was believed to be damage from one of last week's missile launches.
South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff Kim Joon Rak said. “On November 6, the DPRK military captured an object believed to be the remnant of a short-range ballistic missile (SLBM) fired by North Korea in the November 2 provocation. . Staff Officer Kim Jun Rak at this week's MoD briefing.
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