Actualité - Dangerous U.S. Moves to Force "Preemptive Strike Strategy" Debunked

October 12 (KCNA) - The U.S. war-thirsty forces are these days stooping to a plan to establish what they call Korean Peninsula air battle command which would perform a U.S. air force strike mission under the U.S. Pacific Command when they provoke a Korean war. Synchronizing with this, the U.S. Defense Department announced that the U.S. would sell a "patriot" missile system worth 1.5 billion U.S. dollars to south Korea. Commenting on this, a Rodong Sinmun analyst Thursday says:

This is a highly dangerous scheme on the part of the United States to gain "upper hand in strength" and force its "preemptive strike strategy" at whatever cost. This testifies that they have made the provocation of the second Korean war a fait accompli.

Pentagon has already reorganized the U.S. 8th army in south Korea and the 3rd army in the U.S. mainland into a field army and rounded off an integrated operational command system over the large forces of the U.S., Japan and south Korea. The establishment of the new Korean Peninsula air battle command of the U.S. means, in the final analysis, that not only the U.S. air force in the Asia-Pacific region but also its air force in the mainland will take part in the operations of this command.

The projected establishment of the command is intended to boost the preemptive strike capacity of the U.S. air forces in preparation for a war of aggression against the DPRK. Linked with it is the decision to sell a vast "patriot" missile system to south Korea.

The establishment of the afore-said command is, immediately that of an air commanding body for a "preemptive attack" on the DPRK. This scheme is a patent proof that the Korean war scenario of the U.S. imperialists has entered a practical stage.

If the dangerous military strategy of the U.S. is pushed ahead, it will destroy the military strategic balance and stability in the Korean Peninsula and the Asia-Pacific region and add fuel to the arms race and military confrontation among the countries interested in this area strategically.

(Korean Central News Agency)