In every March, a seasonal war wind rages in the southern part of the Korean peninsula.

This year is no exception. From next week the warmongers of the US and the puppet ROK will stage a large-scale joint military exercise, Freedom Shield, in the ROK under a simulated condition of an all-out war against the DPRK.

No matter how frequently the enemy states describe the said large-scale war rehearsal targeting a sovereign state as an “annual” and “defensive” one, they can never cover up its habitual, offensive and confrontational nature that it has “contributed” in a sustained way to violating the sovereignty, security and interests of the DPRK and deteriorating the regional situation.

Here’s some open data, which will make the exercises’ real character clear.

The forthcoming Freedom Shield will include seven more joint field mobile drills by units of brigade-level and above than last year. This shows in a visual way that the exercises will renew the record of last year, in which field mobile drills of various missions more than twice than the previous years were staged with the involvement of even the troops from ten-odd satellite countries belonging to the “UN Command,” and that the enemy states’ nonstop reckless war moves are inching to a dangerous phase moment by moment, drawing a sharp curve.

What is also noticeable is the fact that the military ruffians of the US and the ROK will use lots of cutting-edge military hardware in the forthcoming rehearsal, with the lessons from recent wars taken into consideration, to further boost its aggressive and threatening nature as offensive one for an actual war.

The US Space Force staged a space operation drill targeting the DPRK in January in cooperation with the ROK Air Force. And this time it is going to participate in the forthcoming rehearsal so as to stage a “joint command and control drill” aimed at increasing the capability of neutralizing missiles and artificial satellites.

As seen above, the enemy state’s scheme to stifle the DPRK and destroy the regional strategic security balance by dint of military edge even in the outer space as well as in ground, naval and air military operation spheres is going over to the phase of confrontational action.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the military gangsters of the ROK are planning to stage large-scale “United Defence Exercise” involving the army, the police, government agencies, local self-governing bodies and even civilians and, furthermore, employ artificial intelligence on an experimental basis during the joint exercises with the US forces, increasing the present danger in every aspect.

It is no wonder that the world is now watching carefully the developments in the Korean peninsula in March with great concern and uneasiness.

With the Freedom Shield approaching, the task force of the US nuclear carrier Carl Vinson has entered the Pusan operation base in the ROK and a B-1B strategic bomber and other aircrafts fly in the sky over the area in and around the Korean peninsula every day. And the US and ROK forces are waging almost every day various war drills in the air, on the ground and at the sea as preliminary drills.

Under the observation of bosses of the US forces in the ROK and the ROK army, a large-scale live shell firing drill of air and ground forces of the two countries with the mobilizations of such huge military equipment as tanks, armoured cars, fighters, helicopter gunship and unmanned reconnaissance aircrafts was conducted near the southern border of the DPRK on March 6 to show the “prelude” of escalating the tension.

The Freedom Shield in 2025 will soon bring a storm of aggravated situation to the Korean peninsula as it has repeatedly undergone the worst changes with all its existing features of evil.

In the world, there will be no country that tolerates a threat to its security dramatically increasing under its eyes, regarding it as “defensive” to comfort itself.

Counteraction is inevitable.

We have already made it clear that if the US continues to renew its record of military muscle-flexing, we will have no other option but to renew our record of displaying strategic deterrent.

The enemy states will have to pay dearly for their stupid and reckless war drills that will result in the self-defensive, fair and square, threatening toughest response from the DPRK.

KCNA