Kim Jong Un says North Korea will have the most powerful nuclear force in the world

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, confirmed that his country aspires to have the most powerful nuclear force in the world as he celebrated the launch of his new intercontinental ballistic missile (YBR), state press reported on Sunday.

Kim has also promoted over 100 officials and scientists for their work on Hwasong 17, which analysts call a “monster rocket” and is believed to reach the mainland from USAa few days after its launch in the test.

Hailing the new intercontinental ballistic missile as “the most powerful strategic weapon in the world,” Kim said North Korean scientists have made a “miraculous leap forward in the technological development of mounting nuclear warheads on ballistic missiles,” the official news agency said. CTAC.

The creation of nuclear forces to protect the dignity and sovereignty of the state and people “is the greatest and most important revolutionary cause, and its goal is to have the most powerful strategic force, absolute force, unprecedented in a century,” Kim Jong-un said at the conference. promotion ceremony.

The promoted officials and scientists demonstrated to the world “the goal of building the most powerful army in the world,” he added.

The Hwasong 17 launch vehicle was hailed as a “Hero of the DPRK,” according to a separate report by the KCNA.

“He demonstrated to the world that DPRK is a full-fledged nuclear power,” the agency said.

Hong Min, from Korean National Unification Institute, He said that the Hwasong 17 launch celebrations are aimed at boosting his country’s image as a nuclear power.

“Where in 2017 Hwasong 15 focused on becoming a country that can threaten US soil with nuclear weapons, the new missile is aimed at becoming the most powerful ballistic missile state,” he said.

– “Unlimited Gain” –

Since 2006 United Nations Security Council it adopted numerous resolutions imposing sanctions on Pyongyang for its nuclear and missile activities.

During a photo session Saturday with authorities and scientists involved in the rocket launch, Kim Jong-un called for an “unlimited strengthening of the defensive forces,” KCNA reported.

Kim urged scientists and workers to “expand and strengthen nuclear deterrents at an exceptionally rapid pace.”

official journal rodong sinmun posted numerous photos of Kim with his “beloved daughter”, who first appeared in public pictures during an ICBM launch last week.

Prior to this, the state media had never mentioned Kim’s children. In fact, the publication of the week was the first official confirmation that he has a daughter, experts say.

The footage shows a girl, believed to be Kim’s second daughter, Joo Ae, wearing a black fur coat, holding her father’s hand as she walks past a giant rocket.

Yang Mu Jin, Professor University of North Korean Studies in Seoulsaid the daughter’s presence aims to portray Hwaseong 17 as a “protector of the next generation.”

“It looks like (Kim) will continue to show his daughter on various occasions and use her as propaganda,” he added.

The Nov. 18 ICBM launch was the latest in a series of North Korean missile launches that raised fears in Seoul and Washington that they could lead to more Pyongyang nuclear tests.

(According to AFP)