Pyongyang’s claims were refuted by a JCS official, who referred to them as” exaggerated ,” the South Korean Yonhap news agency reported on Sunday.
With their most recent joint military drills, the United States and South Korea were allegedly pursuing” confrontation hysteria ,” according to KCNA.
The North’s assertions, according to experts, were meant to deter. & nbsp,
According to Leif-Eric Easley, a professor at Seoul’s Ewha University, the claims made by North Korea” suggest the Kim government is determined to deter an exceedingly capable South Korea ,” including Seoul.
Pyongyang’s rhetoric, he told AFP,” goes far beyond the reasoning of deterrence, likely to shore up local social legitimacy, which is an ominous sign for inter-Korean relations.”
The weekend launches, according to Cho Han – bum, a senior research fellow at the Korea Institute for National Unification, were intended to demonstrate North Korea’s capabilities to the South and its allies.
He continued,” North Korea is moving in accordance with their personal strategy, which is to reach significant military infrastructure on the Korean peninsula and affect US foundations in Japan at the same time.” He also mentioned that Japan was the target of two long-range cruise missiles fired over the weekend.
Cho told AFP,” The important thing is that North Korea is using nuclear activity products more than conventional weapons to counter South Korea and the United States.”