Chosun Central News Agency: Japan's Attempt to Acquire Nuclear-Powered Submarines Aims at Achieving Nuclear Armament

According to a report from Xinhua News Agency in Pyongyang on October 15 (Reporter Wang Tianliao), the Korean Central News Agency published an article by an international security issues commentator on the 15th, stating that Japan's new militarism is attempting to officially possess nuclear-powered submarines, which lays the groundwork for its ultimate acquisition of nuclear weapons.

The article mentions that Japan's Defense Minister has repeatedly claimed on various occasions that the revision of the "Three Security Documents" should not exclude the possession of nuclear weapons and nuclear-powered submarines. Japan has also changed its "capability to attack enemy bases" to "counterattack capability," and altered the "Three Principles on Arms Exports" to the "Three Principles on Defense Equipment Transfers," among other changes, using verbal maneuvers to quell critical public opinion and gradually dismantling the restrictions imposed on the defeated nation. Japanese new militarists are also attempting to amend the "Peace Constitution," which prohibits the possession of war capabilities.

The article points out that the Japanese ruling group has recently seized every opportunity to hype up the "increasingly severe surrounding security environment" and advocate for the "necessity of strengthening the country's independent deterrent capability," aiming to eliminate institutional and legal barriers that hinder its enhancement of aggressive military power, crossing the threshold of nuclear armament.

The article states that the United States has given the green light for Japan to possess nuclear-powered submarines, allowing Japan to act as a pawn in its implementation of hegemony. Once Japan possesses nuclear-powered submarines under the protection of the United States, no one can guarantee that Japan will not carry out a preemptive nuclear strike at any time.

The article emphasizes that Japan is tearing off the disguise of the "defensive defense" principle, eager to develop and deploy various advanced attack equipment that puts neighboring countries within range, and even fantasizing about possessing nuclear-powered submarines. This trend of new militarism in Japan and the behind-the-scenes manipulation by the United States are the fundamental reasons for creating military imbalances and new conflict patterns in the region.