Die Atomwaffenrache des Kim Jong Un

Da drängen sich Fragen auf.

Der Schweizer Blick berichtet, übernommen aus dem Telegraph, dass Nordkorea nach den Enthauptungsschlägen auf den Iran seine Verfassung geändert hat: Wird Kom Jong Un von einer ausländischen Macht getötet, sei das Militär verpflichtet, atomar zurückzuschlagen.

According to the NIS briefing, Kim has command of the North’s nuclear forces, but the changes codify procedures for retaliatory attacks in the event that he is incapacitated or killed.

The revised Article 3 of the nuclear policy law states: “If the command-and-control system over the state’s nuclear forces is placed in danger by hostile forces’ attacks … a nuclear strike shall be launched automatically and immediately.”

Prof Andrei Lankov, a Russian-born professor of history and international relations at Kookmin University in Seoul, said: “This may have been policy before, but it has added emphasis now it has been enshrined in the constitution.

“Iran was the wake-up call. North Korea saw the remarkable efficiency of the US-Israeli decapitation attacks, which immediately eliminated the greater part of the Iranian leadership, and they must now be terrified.”

An attack designed to eliminate Kim and his immediate circle would be far harder to carry out than the attacks in Iran.

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Kim is known to be fearful about his personal security and is always accompanied by bodyguards. He avoids flying and typically uses a heavily armoured train to travel.

Prof Lankov said: “Their biggest fear is going to be information from satellite technology. And, on balance, their concerns are not unfounded as taking out the leadership at the outset of any conflict is likely to be decisive.”

Ich finde das ja immer sehr beeindruckend, wenn ich bedenke, dass ich leichter, einfacher, bequemer, öfter, spontaner und weiter reisen kann als der Präsident von Nordkorea.