The US military put on a show of force with a series of nuclear-capable bomber planes and stealth planes after alleged saber rattling by the hermit country’s regime.
The United States deployed B-52 bombers and F-22 stealth jets to conduct drills with South Korean forces on Tuesday after North Korean officials said they successfully tested an intelligence-gathering satellite that rivals fear was a covert test. of missile capabilities.
“Can you put a satellite into orbit with a balloon and not with a carrier rocket?” Kim Yo Jong, the younger sister of dictator Kim Jong Un, asked in a comment to state media. “If we were to develop an ICBM, we would test it without disguise.”
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A US B-52 bomber, C-17 and South Korean Air Force F-35 fighter jets fly over the Korean peninsula during a joint aerial drill in South Korea, Tuesday, December 20, 2022.
(South Korean Defense Ministry via AP)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gives a lecture at the Central Cadre Training School in North Korea on October 17, 2022.
(Korea Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
North Korea bragged about the launch on Sunday, saying the test satellite successfully tested technology that would enable reconnaissance and information-gathering via a military satellite.
The country provided two images taken with the technology, which South Korean officials assessed as too low-quality for espionage purposes and claimed the project was intended to facilitate expanded use of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs).
“Didn’t you think your assessments are too inadequate and reckless when you commented on our satellite development capability and preparations related to just two photos we published in our newspaper,” Kim Yo Jong complained via state media.
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A US F-22 fighter jet lands during joint air exercises with South Korea in Gunsan, South Korea, Tuesday, December 20, 2022.
(South Korean Defense Ministry via AP)
This photo provided by the North Korean government shows a test launch of a hypersonic missile in North Korea on Wednesday, January 5, 2022.
(Korea Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
“I think you better stop talking nonsense, be careful and think twice,” he added.
Kim Yo Jong has repeatedly rejected accusations by rival powers that North Korea’s ICBM technology has yet to be proven and possibly cannot provide the firepower North Korean officials boast of.
North Korea claims to have recently built a solid fuel engine capable of increased mobility for ICBMs.
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Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, attends a wreath-laying ceremony at the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi, Vietnam on March 2, 2019.
(Jorge Silva/Pool Photo via AP, File)
A US B-52 bomber, C-17 and South Korean Air Force F-35 fighter jets fly over the Korean peninsula during a joint aerial drill in South Korea, Tuesday, December 20, 2022.
(South Korean Defense Ministry via AP)
The dictator’s sister has reacted harshly to doubts that North Korea’s ICBMs lack the re-entry capabilities needed for a precise strike, threatening: “I can clear your doubts about it. They will recognize it immediately in case we launch a intercontinental ballistic missile on the way”. of real angle shooting directly”.
