SEOUL, Oct 21 (NNN-YONHAP) – The United States made “intentional nuclear war provocations” due to “internal troubles and external woes,” as its nuclear-capable B-52H Stratofortress bomber made a first-ever landing in South Korea, and indicated a possible preemptive nuclear strike on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said in a commentary yesterday.
The armed forces of the DPRK have been closely monitoring the U.S. introduction of its nuclear strategic assets, in the form of nuclear submarines, nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and strategic bombers, into the Korean Peninsula, and viewed such deployments as grave military moves for a “preemptive nuclear attack, aimed at physical removal of the DPRK.”
The KCNA article also warned, a preemptive strike is no longer an exclusive right of the U.S.
It reminded the United States that, the DPRK’s nuclear force policy, a stated doctrine on using nuclear weapons, now enshrined in its constitution, has allowed the country to take necessary actions, in case it is under a nuclear attack or it determined the country is facing an imminent nuclear attack.
The U.S. B-52H bomber landed at a South Korean air base in Cheongju, some 110 km south of Seoul, last Tuesday, after it showed up at the Seoul International Aerospace and Defence Exhibition, with a fly-over performance.– NNN-YONHAP
