North Korea military posture

Kim Jong-un

Inserted 2 weeks ago

“Now is the time to be more thoroughly prepared for a war than ever before.”

Aljazeera

Leader of North Korea

11 Apr 2024 1 1

Leif-Eric Easley

Inserted 3 weeks ago

“The Kim regime prioritizes advancing its military capabilities and doesn't care to stay quiet during the South Korean legislative election campaign. But firing an intermediate-range missile lacks the shock value of a full-range ICBM [intercontinental ballistic missile] launch or a nuclear test, so it's unlikely to swing any National Assembly seats. Although Pyongyang's weapons development remains a major concern, Seoul is currently focused on health care reform, economic policies, and domestic political scandals.”

Aljazeera

Professor at Ewha University in Seoul

01 Apr 2024 6 4

Kim Jong-un

Inserted 1 month ago

“It is necessary to more vigorously push forward the work for making preparations for regular combat mobilization so that all the artillery sub-units can take the initiative with merciless and rapid strikes at the moment of their entry into an actual war.”

Koreatimes

Leader of North Korea

08 Mar 2024 3 2

Korean Central News Agency

Inserted 1 month ago

“The drill started with the power demonstration firing of the long-range artillery sub-units near the border who have put the enemy's capital in their striking range and fulfilled important military missions for war deterrence.”

Koreatimes

Statement by Korean Central News Agency

08 Mar 2024 2 2

Mason Richey

Inserted 3 months ago

“What we do know about it, if it's close to what they tested last year, is that this underwater unmanned vehicle is likely quite slow. It's a very exotic system. It probably runs only something around eight knots per hour, which is somewhere around 14 or 15km [8.6-9.3 miles] per hour. It's probably quite vulnerable to anti-submarine warfare. Its value is more likely political in light of the US, South Korean, and Japanese drills. This does not make North Korea happy, and the political signal from this message here is quite clear - that it's going to continue to develop its nuclear arsenal in this sort of … spiral situation that we find ourselves in now.”

Aljazeera

Professor at the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul

19 Jan 2024 2 4

Kim Jong-un

Inserted 7 months ago

“Achieving a rapid development of our naval forces … is a priority that cannot be delayed given … the enemies' recent aggressive moves and military acts.”

Aljazeera

Leader of North Korea

08 Sep 2023 1 2

Robert Kelly

Inserted 7 months ago

“This is pretty new. The core issue is the propulsion system; the louder it is, the easier it is to find. It's not really clear if North Korea's long range missiles have good guidance to land at a specific target so the submarine would probably not be able to go that far away.”

Aljazeera

International relations expert at Pusan National University in Busan, South Korea

08 Sep 2023 2 3

Korean Central News Agency

Inserted 1 year ago

“The underwater nuclear attack drone Haeil-2 … cruised 1,000km [621 miles] of simulated underwater distance. The test perfectly proved the reliability of the underwater strategic weapon system and its fatal attack ability.”

Aljazeera

Report by North's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA)

08 Apr 2023 0 2

Korean Central News Agency

Inserted 1 year ago

“Saying that they will surely annihilate the enemy if they fight it, the commander of the unit resolved to thoroughly have the ability to fully carry out its duty of fire assault any time by further intensifying the training of every fire assault company.”

Aljazeera

Report by Korean Central News Agency

15 Mar 2023 1 2

Chun In-bum

Inserted 1 year ago

“More missile launches with variations in style and scope should be expected, with even a nuclear test. More acts of intimidation from North Korea should not come as a surprise.”

Aljazeera

Retired South Korean army general

14 Mar 2023 1 3

Kim Jong-un

Inserted 1 year ago

“It highlights the importance and necessity of mass producing tactical nuclear weapons and calls for an exponential increase of the country's nuclear arsenal.”

Aljazeera

Leader of North Korea

01 Jan 2023 2 4

Leif-Eric Easley

Inserted 1 year ago

“North Korea's cruise missiles, air force, and tactical nuclear devices are probably much less capable than propaganda suggests. But it would be a mistake to dismiss North Korea's recent weapons testing spree as bluster or sabre-rattling. Pyongyang's military threats are a chronic and worsening problem for peace and stability in Asia that must not be ignored. Policymakers in Seoul, Tokyo and Washington should not allow domestic politics and other challenges such as Russia's war in Ukraine to prevent them from increasing international coordination on military deterrence and economic sanctions.”

Aljazeera

Professor at Ewha University in Seoul

13 Oct 2022 4 4

Jeffrey Lewis

Inserted 1 year ago

“I presume that giving front-line artillery units a nuclear mission is a big enough change for North Korea, which has previously concentrated nuclear-armed missiles under the [Korean People's Army] Strategic Rocket Force, that Kim decided to formalise it at CMC [Central Military Commission] meeting.”

Aljazeera

Director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at California’s Middlebury Institute of International Studies

24 Jun 2022 3 2

Leif-Eric Easley

Inserted 1 year ago

“Instead of accepting invitations to dialogue, the Kim regime appears to be preparing a tactical nuclear warhead test. The timing will depend most on when the underground tunnels and modified device technology are ready. A seventh nuclear test would be the first since September 2017 and raise tensions on the Korean Peninsula, increasing dangers of miscalculation and miscommunication between the Kim regime and the incoming Yoon administration.”

Aljazeera

Professor at Ewha University in Seoul

07 May 2022 6 5

Robert Kelly

Inserted 1 year ago

“I think the idea is to signal to the South Koreans, 'we're still here, you must take us seriously'. The North Koreans have a long history of doing this. It's a mix of signalling and bullying.”

Aljazeera

International relations expert at Pusan National University in Busan, South Korea

07 May 2022 1 3

Kim Song

Inserted 2 years ago

“We will continue to consolidate our self-defensive deterrent for safeguarding the national security in the face of the geopolitical environment of the Korean Peninsula and the balance of power in the region as well as ever-straining international relations.”

Koreatimes

North Korea’s UN envoy

11 Oct 2021 3 3

Ahn Chan-il

Inserted 2 years ago

“Pyongyang is looking to highlight their presence on the world stage and their military capabilities. They are buying time this way and trying to leverage as much as they can from Seoul's proposal to declare the official end of the Korean War, as well as Washington's offer to talk without any preconditions.”

Aljazeera

North Korea defector-turned-researcher

30 Sep 2021 2 6

Lim Eul-chul

Inserted 2 years ago

“North Korea was looking to use its weapons development as a means to make room for diplomatic manoeuvering as well as enhancing military posture. In a way, the North's recent behaviour is very predictable. They had signalled military actions and are now executing them step by step.”

Aljazeera

Professor at the Institute for Far Eastern Studies at Kyungnam University

28 Sep 2021 1 3

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“Now is the time to be more thoroughly prepared for a war than ever before.”

“It is necessary to more vigorously push forward the work for making preparations for regular combat mobilization so that all the artillery sub-units can take the initiative with merciless and rapid strikes at the moment of their entry into an actual war.”

“The drill started with the power demonstration firing of the long-range artillery sub-units near the border who have put the enemy's capital in their striking range and fulfilled important military missions for war deterrence.”

“Achieving a rapid development of our naval forces … is a priority that cannot be delayed given … the enemies' recent aggressive moves and military acts.”

“This is pretty new. The core issue is the propulsion system; the louder it is, the easier it is to find. It's not really clear if North Korea's long range missiles have good guidance to land at a specific target so the submarine would probably not be able to go that far away.”

“The underwater nuclear attack drone Haeil-2 … cruised 1,000km [621 miles] of simulated underwater distance. The test perfectly proved the reliability of the underwater strategic weapon system and its fatal attack ability.”

“Saying that they will surely annihilate the enemy if they fight it, the commander of the unit resolved to thoroughly have the ability to fully carry out its duty of fire assault any time by further intensifying the training of every fire assault company.”

“More missile launches with variations in style and scope should be expected, with even a nuclear test. More acts of intimidation from North Korea should not come as a surprise.”

“It highlights the importance and necessity of mass producing tactical nuclear weapons and calls for an exponential increase of the country's nuclear arsenal.”

“I think the idea is to signal to the South Koreans, 'we're still here, you must take us seriously'. The North Koreans have a long history of doing this. It's a mix of signalling and bullying.”

“We will continue to consolidate our self-defensive deterrent for safeguarding the national security in the face of the geopolitical environment of the Korean Peninsula and the balance of power in the region as well as ever-straining international relations.”

“North Korea was looking to use its weapons development as a means to make room for diplomatic manoeuvering as well as enhancing military posture. In a way, the North's recent behaviour is very predictable. They had signalled military actions and are now executing them step by step.”

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