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In modern times, the United States has only touched North Korea once, that is, the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. Since then, the United States has never dared to use troops against North Korea. Not only is the United States afraid of China's strength, but they find North Korea not easy to mess with.
After the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, there were several small frictions between the United States and North Korea, and it was these frictions that made the United States realize that contradictions with North Korea were not worth the loss, and the losses were not small.
Seeing that the United States has repeatedly suffered from depletion in North Korea, Western countries dare not have the idea of using troops against North Korea. Even the United States has failed, and if they confront North Korea head-on, the result will definitely be worse.
So, why does North Korea make the United States and Western countries fearful, and what is special about it?
Special pattern, no one dares to easily upset the balance
The first thing North Korea feared by the United States and the West was its geographical location.
North Korea is one of five countries in East Asia, with South Korea, Mongolia, Japan and China remaining the four countries. Geographically, North Korea has the closest relationship with South Korea, as well as China.
South Korea and North Korea were originally one country, but due to the intervention of the United States and other countries, the Korean Peninsula was divided into two countries.
North Korea is now North Korea, while South Korea is now South Korea, and the dividing line between the two countries is the longitude and latitude line of the 38th parallel north latitude, which is known to most people as the 38th parallel.
Interestingly, on the same Korean Peninsula, North Korea is a socialist country, while South Korea is a capitalist country. The huge differences in state systems are bound to have irreconcilable contradictions.
South Korea represents the capitalist camp led by the United States, while North Korea represents the socialist camp. The changes in South Korea and North Korea will definitely cause a chain reaction, and even affect the pattern of the two camps.
Therefore, after the United States launched the Korean War, China took the lead, and although the Soviet Union, which was also a socialist country, did not directly participate in the war, it provided a steady stream of materials, and finally defeated the United States, thereby safeguarding the interests of North Korea.
Then there is the special relationship between North Korea and China. North Korea shares a small size on the border with China, but it is a very important country among China's neighbors.
Korea has always been a buffer between China and Japan, and as early as the Ming Dynasty, Japan launched an invasion of Korea under the leadership of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
Japan is not just trying to invade Korea, it aims to use Korea as a base and then dominate all of East Asia, and China is also one of its goals.
Since the Ming Dynasty, once Korea is invaded, as long as China frees up its hands, it will inevitably send troops to help. Because if Korea is occupied by Japan, then there will be big problems on China's borders.
Therefore, the Wanli Emperor did not hesitate to use the silver of the national treasury and also sent troops to support Korea.
Although the relationship between North Korea and China has not reached the point of death, if one side has problems, the other side will definitely be affected.
The particularity of North Korea and the particularity of East Asia also have a certain relationship. There are only five countries in East Asia, of which South Korea and Japan are capitalists, while Mongolia, North Korea and China are all socialists.
The relationship between these five countries can reflect the relationship between the two camps to a certain extent. Therefore, a big change in any of these five countries means that the international situation has changed.
Generally speaking, balance is the most important thing, so if the United States takes action against North Korea, it will definitely be blocked by the vast majority of countries, especially socialist countries, and will not sit idly by and ignore the United States' behavior of breaking the balance.
The United States has already suffered hardships in resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, and absolutely does not dare to easily use troops.
Moreover, since the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, China and the DPRK have signed an agreement on national defense affairs. The agreement stipulates that if China or North Korea are invaded by other countries, the other party must provide as much assistance as possible.
In other words, if the United States wants to use troops against North Korea, it will also mean declaring war on China. Before the collapse of the Soviet Union, this can also be seen as a declaration of war on the Soviet Union and even the entire socialist camp.
Without complete certainty, the United States will not strike.
With swords available, North Korea has developed nuclear weapons
The second thing North Korea fears in the United States and the West is that it has nuclear weapons and rockets that can launch them.
Nuclear weapons are weapons of mass destruction, and the reason why Japan surrendered unconditionally is directly related to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States with nuclear weapons.
At that time, nuclear weapons were atomic bombs, and the level of development was not high enough, but from its effect, as long as the number was enough, it was possible to destroy a country or the earth.
After decades of development, nuclear weapons have evolved from atomic bombs to hydrogen bombs or even higher, becoming smaller and more powerful.
Having nuclear weapons means having a bargaining chip with any country in the world, and no one knows how powerful modern nuclear weapons are, which really pushes North Korea and may destroy mankind.
North Korea's nuclear weapons research has not been easy, and it has been developing nuclear weapons since 2006.
In view of the enormous lethality of nuclear weapons, the international community prohibits the development of nuclear weapons.
If a country is found to have developed nuclear weapons or attempted to use them in war, any of the P5 countries can directly send troops to defuse the nuclear weapons crisis.
It is for this reason that North Korea keeps its research on nuclear weapons very secretive, even going so far as to cover up its development with a policy similar to that of seclusion.
After nearly a decade of efforts, North Korea has developed not only atomic bombs but also hydrogen bombs, and as for the current level of North Korea's nuclear weapons, only North Korea itself knows.
The possession of nuclear weapons is only the first step, the second step is to have missiles that can launch nuclear weapons, so that the power of nuclear weapons can be maximized. Not using a sword and not using a sword are two different things, and how to use the sword of nuclear weapons is also very important.
So while developing nuclear weapons, North Korea is also developing missiles, especially intercontinental missiles with ultra-long ranges.
Later, North Korea also succeeded, the North Korean Strategic Rocket Force has been equipped with Hwasong-7 rockets, the maximum load capacity is 700kg, the longest range is 1500 kilometers.
This means that all U.S. military bases in Japan and South Korea are within range of North Korea's nuclear weapons.
In addition, North Korea has the Yinha-3 rocket, which can launch 700kg of nuclear weapons up to 8,000 kilometers away. That is, North Korea could directly attack the U.S. homeland with nuclear weapons.
The United States can invade Syria with an interface that suspects that Syria has weapons of mass destruction, but it will never dare to invade North Korea today for the same reason, because North Korea really does.
If North Korea is pressed, perhaps the United States mainland will be hit by modern nuclear weapons, and the United States cannot bear the consequences.
Blood for blood, North Korea has carried out assassination operations on many occasions
The third point in North Korea that the United States and Western countries fear is North Korea's tough attitude and methods.
In terms of national interests, North Korea's attitude has become too tough to be tougher.
As for threats from any country, especially those from the United States and South Korea, North Korea's approach is to return blood for blood and for tooth, and as long as they dare to come, North Korea will dare to act.
Since the Korean Peninsula was divided into North Korea and South Korea, North Korea has been very unhappy with the United States and South Korea, especially since the United States has always intimidated South Korea by visiting South Korea.
The United States means that South Korea is its little brother, and if North Korea is disobedient, the United States will let its younger brother South Korea beat North Korea.
At first, North Korea could endure, after all, its strength was there, and North Korea had more important things to do, so it didn't pay much attention to the United States. But over time, the United States thought that North Korea had no strength, and its behavior became more presumptuous.
In 1966, US President Johnson visited South Korea in public for a clear purpose, to disgust North Korea and, by the way, other socialist countries.
North Korea originally planned to swallow its anger, but the more it thought about it, the more angry it became, and it planned to give the United States and South Korea a little color.
Soon after, U.S. President Johnson arrived in South Korea as scheduled. Just as he was about to inspect the US military base in South Korea, North Korean special forces appeared not far from US President Johnson's residence.
North Korean special forces quietly entered the US military base in South Korea and directly eliminated an eight-member patrol team of US troops. Then, North Korean special forces attacked the South Korean patrol and killed two South Korean soldiers on the spot.
The place where the incident occurred is only tens of kilometers from the residence of US President Johnson, and if the North Korean special forces want, they can attack Johnson. So this incident caused a sensation all over the world, especially the major newspapers in the United States, rushing to report on this matter.
In the eyes of the Americans, the action of the North Korean special forces is Xiang Zhuang's sword dance intended to Pei Gong and deter US President Johnson.
In fact, if the United States had changed people, there might not have been such a thing. But Johnson is more special, he once ordered the bombing of North Korea, that is, there is a deep blood feud between Johnson and the North Korean people.
During Johnson's visit to South Korea, North Korea had to be on guard, but North Korea chose to advance and retreat, using special military operations to show its attitude.
In addition to demonstrating to the United States, North Korea also assassinated South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan. After Chun Doo-hwan came to power, the relationship between South Korea and North Korea was worse than before, and Chun Doo-hwan did not want to improve relations with North Korea, and repeatedly punched North Korea in the face.
After Chun Doo-hwan became president of South Korea, South Korea qualified for the Olympic Games. In order to improve relations, North Korea wanted to cooperate with South Korea, but Chun Doo-hwan not only refused North Korea's request, but also disqualified North Korea.
In order to counter South Korea, North Korea took advantage of Chun Doo-hwan's visit to Myanmar and planted a time bomb in advance at the Martyrs' Mausoleum in Yangon, Myanmar, intending to kill Chun Doo-hwan.
As a result, Quan Doo-hwan did not arrive on time and escaped by chance. But it also frightened Chun Doo-hwan, canceled other plans for the visit overnight, and then secretly returned to South Korea.
There are not many such things, so the United States has reason to believe that if it uses troops against North Korea now, the result will be a counterattack from the entire Korean people, and even a nuclear war will break out.
Bitter lesson, the Pueblo incident cost the United States a lot
North Korea's fourth fearing point for the United States and the West was the Pueblo incident in 1968. The Pueblo is an American reconnaissance ship whose primary mission is to gather intelligence.
In 1968, the Pueblo departed from Japan and then entered North Korean territorial waters to spy on North Korean intelligence. But as soon as the Pueblo entered North Korean territorial waters, it was immediately spotted by North Korean warships.
Since it was only a U.S. reconnaissance ship, the North Korean warship did not immediately attack, but sent a submarine to observe secretly to see what the Pueblo wanted to do.
In fact, the Pueblo also discovered North Korean submarines, but they relied on their own strong backup, so they did not pay attention to North Korean warships and submarines, and still went their own way to scout North Korean waters.
After a while, North Korea will run out of patience, and if left unchecked, intelligence about North Korea will be known by the United States, which will be unfavorable to North Korea in the future. Secondly, if the Pueblo is just let go back, where will North Korea's face go?
So the North Korean military decided to intercept the Pueblo, and in any case could not let it go back with such swagger.
I thought that the Pueblo would be difficult to handle, but after the move, North Korea discovered that the Pueblo was just a paper tiger, and the US National Security Agency did not strike in time.
So the North Korean military easily took control of the Pueblo, and after boarding the Pueblo, the North Korean military found a large number of top-secret documents.
Although a small number of them have been destroyed, the remaining top-secret documents are still of great value.
When the United States learned of this, it immediately used strong force to force North Korea to return the Pueblo, and unexpectedly, North Korea was not to be outdone, and directly entered a state of combat readiness, intending to go head-to-head with the United States.
The end result was that the United States not only failed to return the Pueblo, but also issued an apology. In this way, the DPRK returned the personnel on the Pueblo.
As for those secret documents, North Korea will naturally not return them.
Strength is the foundation for safeguarding national security, and without strong military strength, national dignity cannot be discussed. If you want to develop military strength, science and technology are the most important, so no matter what, science and technology always come first.
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