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ลำดับตอนที่ #58 : North Korea threatens US and S Korea with nuclear strikes
The exercises, Key Resolve and Foal Eagle, are an annual event
and always generate tension.
The order for a "pre-emptive nuclear strike of justice" was made
in a statement put out
by Pyongyang.
Such rhetoric
is not uncommon, and experts doubt the North's ability to put nuclear warheads on its missiles.
North Korea says it sees the annual US-South Korean war games as
a rehearsal for invasion. Last year, it threatened to turn Washington into a
"sea of fire".
"We will launch an all-out offensive to decisively counter the US and its
followers' hysteric[al}
nuclear war moves," a newsreader on the state-run North Korean KRT news
channel said of the latest exercises.
Approximately 17,000 US forces are participating in the
exercises, alongside around 300,000 South Korean troops - both significant increases on 2015's
numbers.
Despite starting on the same day, Key Resolve is more computer
simulation-driven and ends on 18 March, while Foal Eagle is more focussed on
field exercises and runs until 30 April.
The
South's defence ministry has warned Pyongyang against any "rash act that brings
destruction upon itself".
"If North Korea ignores our warning and makes provocations,
our military will firmly and mercilessly
respond to
it," said spokesman Moon Sang-gyun.
Japan's foreign minister also demanded that North Korea show restraint.
"North
Korea's nuclear, and nuclear missile development is absolutely unacceptable. We
will coordinate with the international community to demand that North Korea
show restraint, and abide
by the various resolutions including that of the six party talks," said
Fumio Kishida.
Though unconfirmed, South Korea's Yonhap news agency, citing
military sources, has reported that the exercises will include training for precision attacks on
North Korean leadership and its nuclear and missile facilities.
These latest exercises come just days after the UN passed new sanctions against North
Korea following its recent nuclear test and rocket launch.
On Saturday, the Philippines impounded a North Korean cargo vessel under the toughened measures.
A presidential spokesman said the crew would be deported and the ship subject to a UN-mandated inspection.
The
North responded to the sanctions by saying it was readying nuclear weapons for
"pre-emptive" use, and by firing short-range missiles into the sea.
Seoul
is expected to announce more sanctions of its own on Tuesday, which is likely
to draw another angry response from Pyongyang.
The
US and South Korea on Friday also began formal talks on the deployment of a US
missile defence system to the peninsula, a move strongly opposed by North Korea, Russia and
China.
Beijing
says the Thaad anti-missile system compromises its security and would undermine its nuclear
deterrent.
What is the Terminal High
Altitude Area Defense System (Thaad)?
§ Shoots down short and
medium-range ballistic
missiles in the terminal phase of their flight
§ Uses hit-to-kill
technology - where kinetic energy destroys the incoming warhead
§ Has a range of 200km
and can reach an altitude of 150km
§ US has previously
deployed it in Guam and Hawaii as a measure against potential attacks from
North Korea
Strike (v.)
to refuse to continue working because of an argumentwith an employer about working conditions, pay levels, or job losses:
to cause a person or place to suffer severely from the effects of something very unpleasant that happens suddenly:
to hit or attack someone or something forcefully or violently:
pre-emptive
(adj.)
If something is pre-emptive, it is done before other peoplecan act, especially to prevent them from doing
something else:
rhetoric (n.)
speech or writing intended to be effective and influence people:
the study of the ways of using languageeffectively
clever language that sounds good but is not sincere or has no real meaning:
warheads (n.)
the front part of a bomb or missile that
contains explosives:
decisively (adj.)
able to
make decisions quickly and confidently, or showingthis quality
strongly affecting how a situation will progress or end:
counter (v.)
to react to something with an opposing opinion or action, or to defend yourself against
something:
hysterics (n.)
uncontrolled behaviour or crying,
usually caused by extremefear or sadness:
Hysterical
(adj.)
unable to control your feelings or behaviour because you are extremely frightened, angry, excited, etc.:
troops (n.)
soldiers on duty in a large group:
rash (adj.)
careless or unwise, without thought for what might happenor result:
mercilessly (Adj.)
restraint (n.)
calm and controlled behaviour:
something
that limits the freedom of someone or
something, or that prevents something from
growing or increasing
.keep/place sb under restraint
to keep a violent person in a way that prevents them from moving freely
abide (v.)
If you can't abide someone or something, you dislike them very much:
abide by sth
to accept or obey an agreement, decision, or rule
precision (n.)
the qualities of being careful and accurate:
facilities
(n.)
an ability to do something easily or well:
the buildings, equipment, and services provided for a particular purpose:
sanctions (n.)
an official order,
such as the stopping of trade,
that is taken against a country in order to make it obeyinternational law:
a strong action taken in order to make people obey a lawor
rule,
or a punishment given when
they do not obey
approval or permission, especially formal or legal:
(v.)
to formally give permission for something:
impounded (v.)
If the police impound something that
belongs to you, they take it
away because you have broken the law:
cargo (n.)
the goods carried by
a ship, aircraft, or other large vehicle:
deport (v.)
to force someone to leave a country, especially someone who has no legal right to be there or who has
broken the law:
mandate (n.)
the authority given to an elected group of people,
such as a government, to perform an action or govern a country:
(V.)
to give official permission for something to happen
to order someone
to do something:
inspection
(n.)
the act of looking at something carefully, or an official visitto
a building or organization to check that everything is correct and legal
an examination of the structure of a building by a specially trained person
deployment (n.)
the use of something or someone in an effective way:
the movement of soldiers or equipment to a place where they can be used when they are needed:
peninsula
(n.)
a long piece of land that sticks out from a larger area of landinto the sea or into a lake:
compromises (n.)
an agreement in an argument in which the people involved reduce their demands or change their opinion in order to agree:
ballistic (Adj.)
connected with ballisticsgo ballistic
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