Yes, you read that correctly. North Korea’s Kim Jong Un now says he has a nuclear combat force. One capable of, as of yesterday, firing four cruise missiles.

North Korea test fired strategic cruise missiles off its eastern coast on Friday to demonstrate the “war posture of the DPRK nuclear combat force,” state media outlet Korean Central News Agency said.

Four Hwasal-2 missiles were fired from Kim Chaek City and traveled about 1,240 miles before landing in the sea, the state media outlet said.

This latest round of missiles comes less than a week after North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles. 

North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea east of the country Monday in its second test launch in three days, prompting Japan to request an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council.

The launches continue a tit-for-tat exchange that began Saturday, and follow a year in which North Korea launched more than 70 missiles, the most ever. Pyongyang has recently escalated nuclear threats and threatened an “unprecedentedly” strong response to annual U.S.-South Korea military drills, which it views as preparation for an invasion.

Isn’t our foreign policy GRAND??!! Read the above again. North Korea has been so emboldened with Joe Biden in office that they thumb their nose at U.N. sanctions and U.S. sanctions, and have fired off more than 70 missiles in the last year. While the Biden Administration is playing footsie with Ukraine and shoveling billions into that country with little oversight, North Korea has been building up their weapons and potentially nuclear capabilities. 

North Korea has forged ahead steadily in developing and mass producing new missiles, despite sanctions imposed by UN Security Council resolutions that ban the nuclear-armed country's missile activities.#MalaysiaNow #News #FlashNews #NorthKorea #nuclearhttps://t.co/vwa7pLKZMe

— MalaysiaNow (@MNowNews) February 24, 2023

One doesn’t have to even read past the headline to understand that the U.N. sanctions are and have been useless. Then again, the U.N. is as useless as tits on a boar, so for the sanctions to carry any weight the U.N. would’ve had to DO something. Which they never do. 

Oh wait, table top exercises for the win! Let’s prepare in case North Korea really is capable of firing nukes and getting them to hit an actual target. 

The missiles were not announced by South Korea or Japan, which often detect and publicly report North Korean launches.

US and South Korean officials took part in a tabletop, or simulated, exercise that focused on the possibility of North Korea using a nuclear weapon, the Pentagon said on Thursday.

Don’t get me wrong. Engaging in strategy planning is absolutely imperative with our military, as long as they are engaged in STRATEGY planning and aren’t dragging in DEI shit. That said, what SHOULD be of concern is that neither South Korea nor Japan detected those four missiles until well after they were fired. 

The Japanese, South Korean and U.S. navies conducted a rare joint exercise Wednesday, just days after North Korea fired a powerful long-range missile into Japan’s exclusive economic zone off Hokkaido. https://t.co/bqZQZzqcd5

— The Japan Times (@japantimes) February 24, 2023

Meanwhile Kim Jong Un has suddenly been bringing his ten year old daughter to significant government and military events since last fall.

Kim Jong Un's 10-year-old daughter Kim Ju Ae made her 5th public appearance at the military parade.

Is she being primed as North Korea's future leader? pic.twitter.com/TSbMfF04Aa

— DW News (@dwnews) February 10, 2023

Is he grooming her to take over when he and his sister are no longer around? It could happen. Meanwhile his sister wants to turn the Pacific into range practice. 

Guess what folks? We don’t need to worry about North Korea firing all sorts of weapons over the Pacific, this is all part of the Biden Administration’s “practical diplomacy.” 

“Our policy will not focus on achieving a grand bargain, nor will it rely on strategic patience,” Psaki said.

Instead, the United States will pursue a “calibrated practical approach that is open to and will explore diplomacy with” North Korea and making “practical progress” that increases the security of the United States and its allies, she said.

We are at over 70 missiles and counting that North Korea has fired off. That’s some damned interesting “practical diplomacy” isn’t it?? 

Feature Photo Credit: Kim Jong Un North Korea flag via Victoria_Watercolor via Pixabay, cropped and modified