DPRK to strengthen nuclear deterrence forces for threats from US.

PYONGYANG, July 26 (Itar-Tass) -- The DPRK will strengthen its nuclear deterrence forces "to counteract the growing threat from the United States of America," the country's Minister of the People's Armed Forces and Deputy Chairman of the National Defence Committee Kim Young-Chun said on Monday in his speech at the special meeting devoted to the national holiday - the 57th anniversary of the Victory in the Fatherland Liberation War of 1950-1953.

The holiday will be celebrated on Tuesday.
In case of aggression from the USA and South Korea, "the DPRK will
mobilise all its colossal military potential, including the nuclear one,
and the Korean Revolutionary Army will attack heavily the warmongers'
citadels," he said. "It is worth reminding to American imperialists that
the aggressive war, unleashed by them, was over on July 27 will absolute
victory of the Korean people."
The DPRK's present leader Kim Jong Il "considers the Revolutionary
Army as the basic force which guarantees final victory in the fight
against the United States," he said.
On Monday, the eve of the national holiday, military attaches of
Russia, China, Iran, Cuba and other countries forwarded their holiday
greetings and a flower basket for Kim Jong Il.
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