North Korea criticises potential sale of US missiles to Japan, South Korea

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In a statement carried by the KCNA news agency, the North’s defence ministry said Pyongyang will step up measures to establish deterrence and respond to instability in the region, which it said was caused by the United States and its allies.

Japan plans to buy 400 Tomahawk missiles from the United States, part of its biggest military build-up since World War Two.

“We warn that the more the United States profits from indiscriminate arms sales, the more it would have to pay for the security crisis,” North Korea’s statement said.

The South Korean military said the satellite launch would be a provocation and a violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions that ban the North’s use of ballistic missile technology.

Pyongyang has said it would demonstrate “more offensive and overwhelming counteraction capabilities,” citing what it called “military threats” from the United States and its allies.

South Korea’s National Security Council convened a meeting on Monday and said it would bolter the military’s readiness to immediately respond to “any provocation” by the North.

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