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Bolstering Nuclear Deterrence Is DPRK's Option for Defending Dignity and Security of Nation
Pyongyang, February 19 (KCNA) -- The DPRK's third underground nuclear test was a strong measure for self-defence to cope with the U.S. and its allies' shameless provocation against the DPRK, says Rodong Sinmun Tuesday in a bylined article.

The army and people of the DPRK declared an all-out action to foil the gangster-like hostile acts of the U.S. and its allies. This is a just action to defend the sovereignty of the country and the dignity of the nation, the article notes, and goes on:

The U.S. put the DPRK in the list of "preemptive nuclear attack" in the past and has posed constant nuclear threats to the DPRK.

It is clear that the Korean Peninsula will never be rid of military confrontation and the danger of a nuclear war as long as the U.S. does not opt for the fundamental repeal of its vicious hostile policy toward the DPRK.

But for the DPRK's powerful war deterrence for self-defence built by dint of Songun, a war might have broken out on the Korean Peninsula more than once.

To cope with the U.S. imperialists and the south Korean puppet forces' increasing threat of a nuclear war, the DPRK has closely followed their moves with the highest vigilance. The DPRK has kept itself fully ready to defend the dignity, sovereignty and the supreme interests of the country and the nation.

If the U.S. imperialists and the puppet warmongers make even the slightest provocation encroaching upon the sovereignty of the DPRK while calling for "tightening sanctions", its revolutionary armed forces which have grown stronger with the might of Songun will deal merciless and prompt annihilating blows to the aggressors by mobilizing all the offensive and defensive means including a nuclear deterrence.

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