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... AND CARRY
A BIG STICK
T
he machinations of the Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) government
and ruling Kim dynasty are regular topics
of interest to AMR editorials. The editorial in the magazine’s previous issue (April)
examined the death of Kim Jong-nam, the half brother of the country’s Supreme Leader
Kim Jong-un, on 13th February at Kuala Lumpur International Airport; widely believed to
have been the handiwork of DPRK agents.The slaying of Mr. Kim is not the only reason that the Hermit Kingdom is back in the
headlines. The DPRK’s sabre-rattling has intensified of late, with a test of four Medium-
Range Ballistic Missiles (MRBMs) of an unknown type on 6th March from the country’s
Tongch’ang-dong Space Centre. All four missiles reportedly crashed into the Sea of Japan.
These tests were followed up on 4th April with a further MRBM test, this time of a single
weapon, from the port city of Sinpo on the country’s eastern coast. Once again, the MRBM
crashed into the Sea of Japan.Five MRBM tests in less than one month have, understandably, been seen as provocative by
the DPRK’s neighbours notably Japan and the Republic of Korea. Japan’s Prime Minister
Shinzo Abe declared that the 6th March tests: “clearly demonstrate evidence of a new threat
from (the DPRK).” The US government for its part has acted in a swift and determined
fashion. As this issue of AMR explains, it deployed the US Army’s Lockheed Martin
Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) anti-ballistic missile system to Osan
airbase in the west of the Republic of Korea. Media reports state that this THAAD battery
should be declared operational by June. Meanwhile, the wake of the 4th April MRBM
test, the US Navy’s USS Carl Vinson ‘Nimitz’ class aircraft carrier, and her accompanying
Carrier Battle Group (CBG) has been ordered to sail towards the Korean Peninsula. The
new administration of President Donald Trump has already set out its stall regarding the
DPRK, with James Mattis, US secretary of state for defence, telling the media in late March
that: “Right now (the DPRK) appears to be going in a very reckless manner ... and that has
got to be stopped.”The deployment of both the THAAD SAM battery and the USS Carl Vinson CBG sends out
the welcome message to the DPRK’s neighbours, and the wider world, that such provocation
will be checked and met by force if necessary. The US has, once more, stepped up to the
mantle in the Asia-Pacific as a reliable ally, and as a force to be reckoned with.Thomas Withington, Editor
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