CENTRE FOR AIR POWER STUDIES

The official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported that “The test-fire is an appropriate military action that fully meets the purpose of informing the rivals, who have intentionally escalated the regional situation and posed a threat to the security of our Republic recently, of our counteraction will, and it also constitutes an indispensable process in the course of constantly developing our. [...] According to the 2022 Policy Number 9, the DPRK “shall constantly assess outside nuclear threats and the change in the posture of international nuclear forces and correspondingly upgrade and beef up its nuclear forces in a qualitative and quantitative way in response to it.”11 North Korea has been taking stock of what is happening in the name of extended deterrence commitment between the US and So. [...] The third meeting of the ‘Nuclear Consultative Group (NCG)’12 and the fifth meeting of the ‘Extended Deterrence Strategy and Consultation Group (EDSCG)’13 have been referred to by North Korea as a “dangerous war scenario.”14 In response to the worsening situation, South Korea has also taken measures such as the “Kill Chain” plan, which seeks to pursue a strategy of conventional counterforce “focus. [...] Accessed on November 4, 2024. [...] In the meeting, participants shared assessments of the DPRK’s dangerous and irresponsible behaviour, including its ongoing missile launches and continued pursuit of weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programmes in violation of the relevant United Nations Security Council (UNSC)resolutions.