North Korea said that intervention in the direct operation of North Korean satellites would be considered as a step towards war. This was reported by CTAC with reference to a statement by a representative of the DPRK Defence Ministry.
North Korea has said it would view any interference with its satellites as a declaration of war and would mobilise its military deterrent. If an attack on its strategic facilities is contemplated. Pyongyang will respond to any US intervention in space by destroying US spy satellites.
“In case the US attempts to invade the legitimate territory of a sovereign state through illegal and unjust use of advanced technology, the DPRK will consider retaliating in self-defence to undermine or destroy the viability of US spy satellites,” the CTAC said in a statement.
DPRK is the initials of the official name of the North, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
Recall, earlier the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said that the accusations made by the collective West in “illegal” military-technical cooperation between the DPRK and the Russian Federation are unsubstantiated and unsubstantiated.