OPINION: N. Korea’s Kim Jong Un increases tensions, shows he has aligned with Russia, China
You can now listen to Fox News articles!may be the worlds’ new nuclear villain in 2023. He’s on a wild rush to build nuclear missiles to hit the South Korea, Japan and even the United States. And he’s out to provoke South Korea.
the North’s bellicosity, but this was so embarrassing that President Yoon Suk-yeol sent South Korean drones into North Korea’s airspace and just announced a $440 million air defense upgrade. in the Obama years. Then after tense times in 2017, Kim Jong Un backed off. Missile tests stopped cold in 2018 as then-President Donald Trump engaged him with personal diplomacy and tempting potential real estate deals. It was worth a try, and it paid off.
Kim Jong Un has gone over to the Russia-China alliance and is playing a completely new game. He’s selling back artillery and rocket shells to Russia, likely via the train route crossing the tiny 11-mile sliver of border between Russia and North Korea. Experts believe Kim is aiming for a full nuclear triad of land-based missiles, submarines and aircraft. He may believe brandishing sophisticated nuclear weapons will force others to lift international sanctions on North Korea.
North Korea’s test program still has a number of technical difficulties. But the more they test, the more they learn. All the tension prompted Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to state again that"any nuclear attack against the United States or its allies and partners, including the use of non-strategic nuclear weapons, is unacceptable and will result in the end of the Kim regime." Austin said that during a Nov.
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