SEOUL, Nov 20 (Reuters) – North Korea on Monday denounced the United States’ potential sale of advanced weapons to Japan and South Korea, calling it a dangerous act that raises tension in the region and brings a new arms race, state media reported.
In a statement carried by the KCNA news agency, the North’s defence ministry said Pyongyang will step up measures to establish war deterrence to 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. The Pentagon said on Friday the U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale in a deal valued at $2.35 billion.
The United States has also recently announced the approval of a possible sale of Sidewinder missiles and the Standard Missile 6 Block I to South Korea.
North Korea criticises potential sale of US missiles to Japan, South Korea
