The Institute for American Studies of the DPRK Foreign Ministry on May 26 released a memorandum to inform the international community that the US establishment of a new missile defence system is a very dangerous "initiative" aimed at threatening the strategic security of the nuclear weapons states regarded by the US with hostility and facilitating the use of the offensive military muscle of the US forces.

According to the memorandum, the US plan for the "Golden Dome" missile defence system setting it as a goal to perfectly defend the continent of North America from the ballistic missile, cruise missile and supersonic missile attacks by its strategic enemy states is a typical product of "America first" doctrine, the height of self-righteousness, arrogance, high-handed and arbitrary practices. It is not a "defensive measure" to cope with the "threat" from someone, but an outer space nuclear war scenario supporting the US strategy for uni-polar domination with the preemptive establishment of the outer space-based military infrastructure.

The memorandum disclosed the US offensive weapon system aimed at the preemptive strike at sovereign states.

The US, which long ago defined outer space as a future battlefield, has been hell-bent on the moves to militarize outer space, claiming that those who dominate outer space can win victory in the future war.

The plan for "Golden Dome" being advocated by the present US administration is also an expression of another attempt to militarize outer space coming from the past strategies for dominating outer space and an epitome revealing the criminal past of the US which plunged the whole world into the nightmare of the outbreak of a nuclear war.

Down through history, the US has justified its moves for outer space militarization, claiming that the perfect interception of enemy states’ nuclear missiles flying towards its mainland can be realized only by the introduction of the space-based interception system. Under the pretext of defending its mainland, it has been hell-bent on building a missile defence system targeting the independent sovereign states including the DPRK.

Clear is the reason why the US is scheming to fix the so-called "threat" from sovereign states as a pretext for modernizing its missile defence system, persistently spinning out the time-worn sophism just like a guilty party filing the suit first.

It is to preemptively attain military superiority in an all-round way by justifying its hegemony-oriented moves for space arms buildup and accelerating outer space militarization behind the screen of "mainland defence" and to launch military strike at its enemy states at its will by relying on it. This is the military strategic goal pursued by the US and the main goal of the "Golden Dome" project being prioritized by the present US administration.

The memorandum pointed out the malignant factor that has heated the strategic arms race worldwide and accelerated the potential danger of outer space war.

The US plan for building a new missile defence system is the root cause of sparking off global nuclear and space arms race by stimulating the security concerns of nuclear weapons states and turning outer space into a potential nuclear war field.

Shortly ago, a US space company announced that the US Space Force is planning the design of a kind of orbit transporter called "space aircraft carrier" and will invest 60 million US dollars in it.

The reality in which the global concern about the fact that the advent of the "space aircraft carrier" will be a catalyst for aggravating military confrontation in outer space is growing is a typical example proving a catastrophic consequence to be entailed by the US moves to militarize outer space.

Another example of the US moves to militarize outer space is the development of the "X-37B" unmanned spacecraft being accelerated by the US Space Force.

It is not fortuitous that many space experts claim that the threat posed by the "X-37B" to the world is no less than nuke as the advent of the "X-37B" is an unpleasant factor reminiscent of the realistic possibility of space warfare that has been considered by mankind as imagination.

The memorandum disclosed the US military hazardous attempt of betting the security of its satellites.

Since 2016, the US has staged together with Japan and the ROK various sorts of missile interception drills including missile warning drill, combined ballistic missile defence drill and naval missile defence drill by mobilizing Aegis destroyers and latest drones.

The US set up a space force unit in the ROK in December 2022. It inaugurated the US space force in Japan at its Yokoda Air Force Base in December 2024, and formally began to operate in December 2023 the real-time tripartite missile information sharing system among the US, Japan and ROK targeting the DPRK's missile launch.

Clear is the aim sought by the US in its persistent attempt to build an integrated missile defence system with Japan and the ROK.

Lurking behind it is an intention to further intensify their military subjugation to the US through the establishment of the integrated missile defence system with its satellite countries and to use the forces of its satellites for the military operations of its forces in case offensive actions against regional countries are launched.

The above-said facts prove that the US moves to build the integrated missile defence system are a dangerous military gambling prompted by the brigandish and selfish intention of the suzerain state to use its satellites as the cannon fodder and bullet shield for realizing its interests even by betting their security.

The memorandum pointed out the means of offering profits which ensures the constant boom of the US munitions monopolies.

Today, the US military expenditure spent on the space field is three times the cost of space development for civilian use, which accounts for 95 percent of the space-related expenditure of all other countries put together.

The present US administration claims that the establishment of the "Golden Dome" missile defence system will cost only 175 billion US dollars, but the US Congressional Budget Office recently announced that the cost of building the space-based interceptor missile system will amount to 542 billion US dollars to the maximum. This suggests that the plan for "Golden Dome" is the largest arms buildup plan in history.

The global security environment, which is becoming uncertain due to the US undisguised moves for space militarization, proves that the security of the state and the region can be reliably guaranteed only by the symmetry of the matchless power capable of firmly bringing not only the current challenges but also the coming challenges under control, the memorandum stressed.

KCNA