[사설]North Korea fires ballistic missiles and prepares SLBMs … Show Korea and US ‘overwhelming response’

North Korea yesterday fired a short-range ballistic missile, believed to be an improved Iskander missile. This is the 113th day since the launch of eight short-range ballistic missiles in June and the fifth missile launch since the Yun Seok-Yeol government came to power. The ballistic missile launched from Taecheon, North Pyongan Province, made an erratic maneuver and flew 600 km at a speed of Mach 5 and fell into the East Sea.

The North Korean launch took place a day before a joint naval exercise between South Korea and the United States involving the US nuclear aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan. The nuclear and missile threat effectively led to a large-scale joint naval exercise, which they then used as an excuse to launch a repulsive armed demonstration. It appears that the intention is to build up the cause of the 7th nuclear test. There are also indications that North Korea will launch a series of additional provocations, including the launch of a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM).

North Korea, which declared nuclear as a national state and enacted a nuclear attack, is accelerating work to upgrade its nuclear weapons. In particular, the move to develop tactical nuclear weapons targeting South Korea is cause for concern. The parallel launch of short-range ballistic missiles containing tactical nuclear weapons inevitably poses a direct threat to us as we enter the field.

The National Security Council (NSC) emphasized cooperation with the United States and its allies to respond, saying, “This is contrary to the resolutions of the United Nations Security Council and is a provocative act that increases tensions on the Korean Peninsula and the region.” This would be the next best solution given the fact that the UN Security Council has been neutralized and that further sanctions by the international community, including China and Russia, have become impossible. However, deterring North Korea’s provocations is only limited by independent sanctions from the United States and European countries. That is why stronger military deterrence is needed.

The military authorities of South Korea and the United States must show a tight response to North Korea through a three-day joint exercise until the 29th. As high-ranking officials say, the ability to ‘react overwhelmingly to any provocation in North Korea’ needs to be developed to the maximum. The best defense is to make sure North Korea knows it will face intolerable consequences if it continues its provocations. The president’s office’s free perception of North Korea also needs to be reestablished. In a situation where North Korean provocation is clearly expected, the situation where the head of the National Security Bureau and the first deputy head should not accompany the president to foreign trips, leading to a vacuum in the domestic national security control tower. repeat.

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