MOSCOW (Sputnik) – North Korea carried out the latest nuclear test in retaliation to the threat of sanctions and pressure from the United States, the North Korean Embassy in Russia said in a statement Friday.
"The nuclear warhead explosion test is a demonstration of the toughest will of the WPK [ruling party] and the Korean people to get themselves always ready to retaliate against the enemies if they make provocation as it is part of practical countermeasures to the racket of threat and sanctions against the DPRK kicked by the US-led hostile forces," the documents reads.
It cites Washington’s "desperate" efforts to "find fault with the sovereign state’s exercise of the right to self-defense while categorically denying the DPRK’s strategic position as a full-fledged nuclear weapons state."
Nuclear Test Confirms Capacity of Ballistic Missile-Mounted Warheads
Pyongyang’s latest nuclear tests confirmed the capacity of nuclear warheads to be mounted on ballistic missiles, the North Korean Embassy said.
"The nuclear test finally examined and confirmed the structure and specific features of movement of nuclear warhead that has been standardized to be able to be mounted on strategic ballistic rockets of the Hwasong artillery pieces units of the Strategic Force of the Korean People’s Army as well as its performance and power."
North Korea Able to Produce Many Various Types of Light Nuclear Warheads
Pyongyang is able to produce a variety of light and diverse nuclear warheads after its latest test, the embassy in Russia said.
"The standardization of the nuclear warhead will enable the DPRK to produce at will and as many as it wants a variety of smaller, lighter and diversified nuclear warheads of higher strike power," the statement reads.
The mission confirmed that the test did not lead to a leak of radioactive materials.
North Korea to Continue Boosting Nuclear Force After Latest Test
Pyongyang will continue strengthening its nuclear force, the North Korean Embassy in Russia said.
"We will take further measures to bolster the state nuclear force in quality and quantity for safeguarding the dignity and the right to existence of the DPRK and genuine peace from the US increasing threat of a nuclear war," the statement reads.
