Korean Defense Ministry: North Korea’s attempt to use nuclear weapons will lead to the end of the regime

Any attempt by North Korea to use nuclear weapons will lead to the end of the current political regime in the country, the press service of the South Korean Ministry of National Defense said. About it informs Yonhap News agency.

“We seriously warn that if North Korea attempts to use nuclear weapons, it will lead to the fall of the Kim Jong-un regime,” the ministry said in a statement released to reporters. It also called on North Korea to stop nuclear development and realize that denuclearization is the “only way” to improve the lives of the North Korean people.

The ministry added that it would contain and respond to North Korean threats by strengthening its three-tier defense system.

Earlier Yonhap News citing the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) reportedthat North Korea launched one short-range ballistic missile into the Sea of ​​Japan on the night of December 31-January 1. Before falling into the sea, the rocket flew about 400 km, the military said. On the morning of December 31, the DPRK fired three similar missiles from Chunghwa County, Hwanghae-Pukto Province, towards the Sea of ​​Japan.

On this day, as reported The Central Telegraph Agency of the DPRK (CTAC) held a ceremony of presenting super-large 600-millimeter caliber rocket launchers. In his speech at the ceremony, the leader of the DPRK, Kim Jong-un, noted that tactical nuclear weapons could be placed on these weapons.

“RIA Novosti” with reference to the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea reportedthat South Korean Foreign Ministry Special Representative for Peace and Security on the Korean Peninsula Kim Gon discussed North Korean missile launches with US Special Representative for the DPRK Son Kim and Director of the Asian and Oceanic Affairs Department of the Japanese Foreign Ministry Takehiro Funakoshi. As a result of the conversation, the parties stated that these actions by Pyongyang would only lead to greater isolation of the country. “Due to North Korea’s stated readiness to continue provocations this year, the parties stressed that North Korea’s provocations will deepen its isolation, and it will face stronger defense readiness of the South Korea-US alliance, US-South Korea-Japan security cooperation, and also a unified and decisive response from the international community,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

December 27, Representative of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of South Korea Lee Seung-Oh informed during a briefing that five drones from North Korea invaded the airspace of the republic. To counter them, fighters and attack helicopters were raised into the air, while one of the Ka-1 fighters crashed for an unknown reason, both pilots ejected. Due to the incident, about 30 flights departing from the country’s largest airports, Incheon and Gimpo, were suspended at the request of the military for an hour.

North Korean drones crossed the Gimpo, Paju and Ganghwa islands in Gyeonggi province, and one of them flew over residential areas near Paju, rose into the sky over Seoul, and then disappeared. According to Yonhap, the last time North Korean UAVs invaded South Korea was in the summer of 2017.