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U.S. Double Standards and Moves for Fresh Arms Race Assailed

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK via Korea News Service (KNS)

   Pyongyang, October 2 (KCNA) -- South Korea recently developed a cruise missile targeted against the DPRK. Commenting on this, a signed commentary of Rodong Sinmun Monday says:
    The U.S. asserts the DPRKfs missile launch is intolerable, while conniving at and supporting south Koreafs missile development. This is a brigandish double-dealing logic and a revelation of its design to invade the DPRK.
    The U.S. is contemplating deploying south Korean troops on the forefront when invading the DPRK in case of gemergencyh on the Korean Peninsula. This April the U.S. agreed to deliver 42 Harpoons to south Korea. Thatfs why it overlooked its cruise missile development.
    What matters here is the U.S. application of double standards.
    Several countries are either developing missiles or launching them. The U.S. does not care at all whether they are in breach of international convention or not. Yet, it is taking issue with the DPRK only over its missile-launching exercise for self-defence.
    The U.S. imperialists are watching for a chance to attack the DPRK after amassing war means including all types of missiles in and around south Korea. It is quite natural for the DPRK to take counter-measures to cope with this situation.
    What merits a more serious attention is that the U.S. moves spark off a fresh arms race.
    The U.S. has become evermore undisguised in its moves to establish the missile defense system (MD) in the new century since it scrapped the ABM Treaty, a cornerstone of strategic stability.
    U.S. allies are actively joining in the MD. Such situation compels those countries having no missiles or possessing relatively a small number of them to contemplate measures to defend themselves from the U.S. missile threat.
    The U.S. had better stop applying unreasonable double standards and sparking off arms race which escalate military stand-off and danger of a war on the Korean Peninsula.