Following is the full text of an article “The US arms buildup will be an unwise option to further increase uncertainty of its mainland security” issued by a military commentator of the DPRK on May 3:

Recently, it was disclosed that a simulation drill intercepting the so-called ICBM attack of an enemy state was conducted under the inspection of the US Secretary of the Army at the Fort Greely military base in Alaska State of the US.

The drill, which was conducted under the signboard of “defence of the mainland,” is, in essence, a military action of offensive nature that made a nuclear war with the DPRK a fait accompli.

If the US does not seek a nuclear war with the DPRK, it will not happen that the strategic nuclear force of the DPRK targets the US mainland and there is no need to talk about the so-called “interception.”

The fact that the DPRK’s ICBM was designated as an intercepting target proves that the US is making preemptive nuclear attack on the DPRK a fait accompli and mastering counteraction to retaliatory strike.

The US arms buildup for attack to secure military edge in the region is being recently conducted more intensively and openly on the Korean peninsula and in the region.

The US 7th Air Force announced a plan to move 31 F-16 fighters from the Kunsan Air Force Base to the Osan Air Force Base in the ROK to form the second “super-powerful wing” and is examining the plan of constantly deploying 20 F-35A stealth fighters in Kunsan. This proves that the appearance near the southern border of the DPRK of the ultra-modern attack means of the US Air Force specializing in preemptive strike has entered the stage of countdown.

Earlier, the US additionally deployed F-35A stealth fighters in the Kadena Air Force Base in January and F-35B stealth fighters in the Iwakuni Air Force Base in March. Shortly ago, two B-1B strategic bombers were stationed for a long-term presence in the Misawa Air Force Base under the pretext of rotational deployment.

As a result, the surrounding area of the Korean peninsula has turned into a huge sortie base where the strategic assets of the US Air Force, including B-1B strategic bombers, F-22 stealth fighters and three kinds of stealth fighters of F-35 series, are massively assembled.

The US air combat power buildup is, in name and reality, a revelation of its extremely dangerous military intention to ensure the air supremacy in contingency and improve the promptness and efficiency of the nuclear preemptive attack on the DPRK through the operational combination of strategic bombers and main fighters.

All the circumstances prove that the US arms buildup to raise the level of war preparations in all aspects of attack and defence has entered the stage of mastering practical action, far beyond the level of demonstration.

The building of the strongest offensive and defensive power capable of overwhelmingly suppressing any form of military threat posed by the US arms buildup directly aiming at the DPRK is the best option for deterring the danger of the outbreak of a nuclear war and ensuring the balance of force on the Korean peninsula.

The US arms buildup which makes military attack on the DPRK a fait accompli will be an unwise option to further increase the uncertainty of its mainland security.

KCNA