In response to a revelation that the US had updated its own nuclear strategic plan, North Korea pledged on Saturday to enhance its nuclear capability.
According to the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), the nation will “bolster up its strategic strength in every way to control and eliminate all sorts of security challenges that may result from Washington’s revised plan.”
This week, the New York Times revealed that President Joe Biden of the United States approved a strategy in March to get ready for potential coordinated nuclear exchanges with North Korea, China, and Russia.
According to the Times, the highly confidential plan reorients Washington’s deterrent posture to concentrate on China’s quick build-up of its nuclear weapons.
The foreign ministry of North Korea “expresses serious concern over and bitterly denounces and rejects the behavior of the US,” according to KCNA.
It also said North Korea pledged to advance the development of a nuclear arsenal strong and dependable enough to protect its sovereignty.
Since the creation of North Korea following World War II, Pyongyang and Moscow have been allies, and their relationship has become even closer with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
North Korea has been accused by Seoul and the US of giving missiles and munitions to Russia for its conflict in Ukraine.
The North Korean state, Pyongyang, has referred to claims that it is a “irreversible” nuclear weapons power as “absurd.”
It did express gratitude to Russia, meanwhile, for effectively ending sanctions monitoring in March as UN specialists were beginning to look into possible arms transfers.
China, another important friend of North Korea, claims it is not providing any side with lethal support in Russia’s offensive in Ukraine, in contrast to the United States and other Western countries.
Beijing has been labeled a “decisive enabler” of the war by NATO countries, despite being a close political and economic friend of Russia.
Since the start of the conflict in Ukraine, Moscow has looked to Beijing as an economic lifeline, and the two have increased commerce to all-time highs while Russia is subject to severe sanctions from the West.
