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U.S. Moves to Develop Smaller Nukes Assailed

KCNA

    Pyongyang, December 20 (KCNA) -- U.S. President Bush recently signed a bill on lifting a decade-long ban on research into smaller nukes and allotting a huge amount of money for it. A signed commentary of Rodong Sinmun today in this regard dismisses this as a grave challenge to the human cause of peace as it is a dangerous measure which may bring a nuclear holocaust to the world. The U.S. decided to spend 401.3 billion U.S. dollars for national defense in the fiscal 2004 15 million dollars of which will go for developing smaller nukes while 34 million dollars will be spent for the modernization of the nuclear test ground in Nevada, the commentary says, and goes on:
    The lift of the ban on the research into smaller nukes would enable the U.S. to push ahead with its moves to develop them with increased zeal.
    The Bush administration adopted it as its policy to mount preemptive nuclear attacks on certain countries after coming to power. It is no secret that it designated the DPRK and six other countries as targets of its preemptive nuclear attacks. The U.S. imperialists are going to indiscriminately use smaller nukes against both nuclear weapons states and non-nuclear states in a bid to serve their dominationist purpose and meet their strategic interests.
    It is preposterous for the U.S. to threaten other countries not to "possess nuclear weapons" but "scrap nuclear programs" although it is developing, manufacturing and testing new type nuclear weapons.
    The U.S. imperialists' moves to develop smaller nukes only compel the DPRK to beef up its deterrent force to cope with the nuclear attacks of the U.S. No one is entitled to fault the DPRK as it is a legitimate right for it to maintain and strengthen a nuclear deterrent force as a means for self-defence to cope with the U.S. policy to stifle the DPRK with nukes.
    It is as clear as noonday that humankind will suffer an irrevocable catastrophe unless the reckless moves of the nuclear fanatics are frustrated. Therefore, it is quite just for the world to protest against it.
    The U.S. moves to develop smaller nukes against the humankind's desire for peace are bound to meet stronger rebuff and denunciation of the world peace-loving people.