{"id":119426,"date":"2023-10-02T21:19:47","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T21:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/?p=119426"},"modified":"2023-10-02T21:19:47","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T21:19:47","slug":"north-korea-could-unleash-blood-curdling-or-choking-nuclear-bombs-at-any-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/world-news\/north-korea-could-unleash-blood-curdling-or-choking-nuclear-bombs-at-any-point\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea could unleash blood curdling or choking nuclear bombs ‘at any point’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dinky despot Kim Jong-un and North Korea could deploy its nuclear weapons "at any stage of conflict" and is ready to produce poisonous blood and choking agents, the US has said.<\/p>\n

The US Defense Department said in a new defense strategy revealed on Thursday (September 28) that North Korea is a "persistent threat" with a particular focus on its nuclear capabilities.<\/p>\n

The Pentagon said that North Korea's advancements in nuclear and missile capabilities places "the US homeland and regional allies and partners at risk."<\/p>\n

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"The DPRK (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) is developing and fielding mobile short-, intermediate-, and intercontinental-range nuclear capabilities that place the US homeland and regional allies and partners at risk," the Pentagon said in the updated strategy, the first since 2014. <\/p>\n

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"Capability developments provide the DPRK with options for nuclear weapons use at any stage of conflict."<\/p>\n

One point highlighted was in 2022, Kim Jong-un enacted a law saying that North Korea can preemptively use nuclear weapons in specific situations.<\/p>\n

The Korea Herald reported that the circumstances include a variety of vaugue reasons, including responding to the perceived threat of an imminent nuclear attack, threats against the Kim Jong-un regime, the population, the state's existence, or as an option for offensive warfare.<\/p>\n

The US Defense Department also said that the hermit state's "longstanding chemical and biological weapons capabilities remain a threat," as the country "may use such weapons during a conflict."<\/p>\n

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