Cold
War 2.0
The
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Friday condemned the
U.S. test launch of an inter-continental ballistic missile (ICBM)
earlier this week.
The
test-fire of an ICBM on May 3 followed an earlier one on April 26 "at
a time when the situation on the Korean Peninsula has reached an
extremely dangerous phase due to the largest-ever joint military
drills" between the South
Korea and the United States, the official Korean Central News Agency
quoted a DPRK Foreign Ministry spokesman as saying.
"The
U.S. claims the two ICBM test-fires conducted just in a little over
one week were planned one year ago and they have nothing to do with
the DPRK's nuclear and long-range ballistic missile launch, but many
world media are concerned that the consecutive ICBM tests by the U.S.
can push the acute situation on the Korean Peninsula to a graver
phase," said the spokesman.
"The
U.S. maintains it may carry out missile launches but the DPRK can not
and that its launches are a 'contribution' to peace and security
while the DPRK's are a 'provocation' straining tension. This sophism
is the height of double-dealing standards,"
he said.
For
the second time in a week, the U.S. Air Force test launched another
unarmed ICBM capable of carrying a nuclear warhead from an air base
in California Wednesday morning. The DPRK describes the test launch
as a simulation strike against it.
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