The New York Times revealed that American sources believe that North Korea may launch a blitzkrieg against South Korea!
On January 26, Al Arabiya reported that U.S. officials revealed that the North Korean leader's rhetoric was more aggressive than previous rhetoric, especially after the recent public announcement of hostile policies toward South Korea, and that some form of lethal blitzkrieg military action against South Korea could be pursued in the coming months.
On the same day, Russia's TASS news agency also reported that the US "New York Times" quoted US government officials as saying that the US side believes that hostilities between North and South Korea may occur "in the coming months."
The report of the New York Times highlights the recent high tensions on the Korean Peninsula. Coincidentally, on January 25, the Alrabiya.net website reported that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at a United Nations press conference on the 25th that the United States is forming a new military bloc of the United States, Japan and South Korea, and they are working to strengthen military activities and conduct large-scale exercises. ”
Nearly 30,000 U.S. troops are currently stationed in South Korea. In recent times, South Korea's public rhetoric about North Korea has suddenly "become more hostile", and the Japanese side has repeatedly made aggressive statements against North Korea. Not only that, South Korea has also dragged Japan and the United States to organize military exercises around the peninsula. Last week, the United States, Japan, and South Korea held joint naval exercises, and the United States also sent an aircraft carrier to participate in the exercises.
According to the analysis of public opinion, the current exercise of the United States, Japan, and the ROK is the latest show of force against the DPRK, which possesses nuclear weapons. The trilateral joint exercise aims to demonstrate cooperation between the United States, Japan and South Korea in the field of security and enhance North Korea's nuclear and missile containment capabilities, and the United States, Japan and South Korea have held at least five joint trilateral anti-missile exercises since October 2022.
From 29 December to 5 January, the ROK and the United States also held provocative military exercises near the border with the DPRK, in which 110 pieces of weapons and military equipment, including A-19 aircraft, K1A2 tanks, and Stryker armored vehicles, took part in the exercises, triggering a new round of confrontation on the peninsula. In addition, the three US aircraft carriers, the USS Roosevelt (CVN-71), the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), and the USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70), are all on duty near the peninsula to nakedly frighten the DPRK.
The United States, Japan, and South Korea are so bullying that it is no wonder that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that "the United States, Japan, and South Korea are ready to go to war against North Korea." In the face of unprecedented pressure, North Korea did not have stage fright, and made a series of tough counterattacks. North Korea launched cruise missiles into the sea from its west coast on Wednesday, on January 19 it tested the Haeil-5-23 underwater nuclear weapons system in response to exercises by the United States, South Korea and Japan, on January 14 it launched a new medium-range solid-fuel missile equipped with a hypersonic warhead, and on January 5 the North Korean military fired hundreds of artillery shells into the waters of the peninsula.
On January 15, at the 10th session of the 14th Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK, North Korea made a strong statement: "If South Korea violates the territory, airspace and territorial waters of the mainland, even 0.001 millimeters, it will be regarded as a war provocation," and also defined South Korea as "the number one enemy country" and "the eternal main enemy."
Whether the DPRK wants to blitz the ROK, or the United States, Japan, and the ROK are preparing to go to war against the DPRK, it is enough to show that the situation on the peninsula is urgent. It is precisely because of the "unprecedented" pressure exerted by the United States and the ROK on the DPRK that the military situation on the peninsula has moved to the extreme.