USA government reportedly used cyberweapons to sabotage North Korea’s nuclear efforts

While it is not new for North Korea to disregard United Nations resolutions, the firing of four missiles so close to Japan is most certainly a concern to all United Nations members.

Acting South Korean President Hwang Kyo-ahn condemned the launch and called on the military to maintain a strong defensive posture, during a meeting of the National Security Council’s standing committee. The Military in South Korea, Japan and the United States have confirmed the launch of missiles.

President Donald Trump has noted that while Democrats are worrying about Russian Federation, the United States “greatest threat” is getting closer to nuclear power.

Monday’s launch came ahead of a trip to Japan, China and South Korea by new US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson this month, pointed out Dongguk University professor Kim Yong-Hyun.

Last month North Korea said it had successfully test-fired a new kind of ballistic missile in a launch supervised by leader Kim Jong-un.

“[Both] also agreed to hold more in-depth discussions regarding ways to respond to North Korean nuclear and missile threats when Director Kim visits the U.S”.

Washington would consider such a capability a major threat.

While criticizing the move, China’s Foreign Ministry also urged restraint in the region, partly blaming the United States and South Korea for the tests.

U.S. national security adviser HR McMaster and his South Korean counterpart Kim Kwan-jin talked condemned the launches and agreed to boost cooperation to get the North to face more effective sanctions and pressure, according to South Korea’s presidential office. The military is analyzing the types and details of the missiles, but said there is a low possibility that they were intercontinental ballistic missiles that are capable of reaching the us mainland.

North Korea fired ballistic missiles again. Pyongyang apparently wanted to display a confrontational posture to Washington and Seoul before USA and South Korean forces start full-scale drills with advanced weapons.

Trump, during the lead-up to the November 2016 presidential election, frequently dismissed the offensive cyberattack capabilities of his own military and intelligence services, and brushed off claims that cyber-intrusion by Russian Federation helped him reach the White House. He could try talking with North Korea about maybe not continuing to develop nuclear weapons while saber-rattling in the direction of the U.S. He could perhaps speak with the Chinese government about telling their much smaller neighbors, “hey, stop this, or we will not trade with you”. In February, it banned coal imports from North Korea, cutting the cash-starved country off from a valuable source of foreign income (Though Pyongyang still operates an intricate network of front companies in China to evade worldwide sanctions and funnel in foreign income, as Foreign Policy reported).

It was too early to say what the relatively low altitude indicated about the types of missiles, he said.