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Press Statement by Spokesman for DPRK Ministry of National Defence
Pyongyang, December 2 (KCNA) – A spokesman for the Ministry of National Defence of the DPRK released the following press statement “Any attack on space asset of the DPRK will be deemed declaration of war against it” on Saturday:
The brigandish nature of the U.S., which regards it as its main lever for realizing its hegemonic wild ambition to commit outrageous and unlawful military intervention against sovereign countries, has been brought to light more clearly, occasioned by the DPRK’s reconnaissance satellite launch.
An official concerned of the U.S. Space Command recently spouted rubbish hinting at a military attack on the DPRK’s reconnaissance satellite, saying that the U.S. can decrease the enemy country’s outer space operation capabilities by employing diverse “reversible and irreversible methods”.
American military affairs experts comment that the U.S. Space Force can physically destroy not only opponent’s satellite and satellite earth station but also get rid of enemy state’s space force through jamming and virus-using cyber attack.
The U.S. Space Force’s deplorable hostility toward the DPRK’s reconnaissance satellite can never be overlooked as it is just a challenge to the sovereignty of the DPRK, and more exactly, a declaration war against it.
Article 8 of the “Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies”, the main international outer space treaty, stipulates that any object launched into outer space definitely falls under the jurisdiction of the launcher state and the ownership of it never changes no matter it remains in outer space or returned to the earth.
This means that the reconnaissance satellite “Malligyong-1” is a part of the territory of the DPRK where its sovereignty is exercised.
Furthermore, reconnaissance satellite is not regarded as a space weapon by international law for its technical features aimed at observation.
If the reconnaissance satellite of the DPRK is regarded by the U.S. as a “military threat” that must be gotten rid of, countless spy satellites of the U.S. flying above the Korean peninsula region every day, exclusively tasked with monitoring the major strategic spots of the DPRK, should be deemed the primary targets to be destroyed by the armed forces of the DPRK.
By openly unveiling its aggression scheme to mount a military attack on a space asset of other sovereign country, a part of its properties and territory, the U.S. has proved itself its true colors as the chief culprit of evils seeking to realize its wild ambition for dominating the world by turning outer space, common wealth of humankind, into a theater of war.
It is the mission of the armed forces of the DPRK, specified by its constitution and other laws, to exercise their war deterrent to protect the state sovereignty and territorial integrity in case a lethal military attack is carried out against the country’s strategic assets or it is judged that such attack is imminent.
In case the U.S. tries to violate the legitimate territory of a sovereign state by weaponizing the latest technologies illegally and unjustly, the DPRK will consider taking responsive action measures for self-defence to undermine or destroy the viability of the U.S. spy satellites by exercising its legitimate rights vested by international and domestic laws. -0-
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http://kcna.kp/en/article/q/eb6f69a2ca19a97debf9c813f94c2e36.kcmsf
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“Don’t commit acts of war against us because we will defend ourselves”, spoken to the most belligerent and warlike country in the world (USA) is not a “veiled threat and dribble (sic)”, it’s called a defensive posture and standing up to a bully.
How bout you stfu for starters
It’s drivel. Dribble is what you spit in your palm before you whack it to the stars and stripes
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II don’t engage with USA DNC trollfarm bots bye bye or should i say beep boop boop
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Cocky and condescending without fail. You really a classic Ameribot aren’t you.
Look at this dweeb’s profile. This argument is their only posts.
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Narnya.
narnia fucken business
oh they’ve been banned :(
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulchi-Freedom_Guardian
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_Spirit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_Resolve
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Thunder
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dong_Maeng
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foal_Eagle
These are some of the military operations that the US and South Korea have jointly conducted to threaten and antagonize the DPRK. This has been ongoing since the 60s. Every time that you see western media claiming that the DPRK is making unprovoked threats, the DPRK is giving defensive warning to ongoing military action against the DPRK, actions conducted by South Korea and the US.
In 2018, Donald Trump temporarily canceled all joint military operations. Probably one of the only good things he ever did but liberals were outraged about this. Donald Trump said, "The war games are very expensive; we paid for a big majority of them, we fly in bombers from Guam,” “That’s a long time for these big massive planes to be flying to South Korea to practice and then drop bombs all over the place and then go back to Guam. I know a lot about airplanes, it’s very expensive.” The war games resumed in later 2018.
Since October 2023, the US has deployed nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, USS Ronald Reagan and USS Carl Vinson, to the Korean Peninsula region, as well as many other warplanes and warships. The DPRK is responding defensively to the dangerous military assets that the US has put in the region.
Your reaction should be that the US should stop being aggressive towards the DPRK. The US should stop doing military operations in the region. The US should stop placing sanctions on the DPRK.
What threat? What drivel? It’s a statement saying they’ll treat an act of war like an act of war.
Leave it to a lib to take any statement of sovereignty from any country that manages to throw off the american yoke as a “veiled threat.”
Also,
Maybe instead of having a paternalistic and condescending attitude towards and culture and people you barely know you just shut up, maybe take a second to read about the horrors of the Korean war and sanctions against the DPRK