Pyongyang. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is continuously expanding his military’s nuclear program to counter potential threats from the US. North Korea has added 250 nuclear-capable missile launchers to military units deployed on the front lines.
According to media reports, these missile launchers have been built in the country’s war material factories to fire strategically important ballistic missiles. Kim said at a program in Pyongyang that the new missile launchers will provide his frontline units with tremendous deterrence against South Korea and make the operation of strategically important nuclear weapons more practical and efficient. Pictures in state media show rows of army launcher trucks on the road. Thousands of people participated in this program and grand fireworks were also done in it.
Experts say Kim’s increasing threats and show of power through weapons tests are widely seen as an attempt to pressure the US to accept North Korea as a nuclear power and lift sanctions imposed on it. North Korea may also try to increase tensions at a time when the US is due to hold presidential elections.