North Korea threatened the US!

As tensions rise in the region after North Korea launched a spy satellite into orbit, the Pyongyang administration has once again challenged the United States. "Any attack on North Korea's space assets will be considered a declaration of war," the North Korean Defense Ministry said in a statement.

The statement claimed that an official from the US Space Force made remarks implying an attack on the spy satellite sent into orbit by Pyongyang. "US military experts state that the US Space Force can not only physically destroy an adversary's satellite and ground station, but also neutralize them through jammers and cyber attacks. The US Space Force's deplorable hostility toward North Korea's spy satellite can never be ignored as a challenge to North Korea's sovereignty and a declaration of war." "In accordance with international law" "This means that the Malligyong-1 spy satellite is under the sovereignty of North Korea," the statement said, noting that according to international law, any object launched into space falls under the jurisdiction of the launching state. "If North Korea's spy satellite is considered a military threat that must be eliminated by the United States, then the United States' numerous spy satellites that fly over the Korean Peninsula every day and are tasked only with monitoring North Korea's important strategic points should be considered as primary targets that must be destroyed by the North Korean armed forces," the statement said, adding that the US, which criticizes North Korea's spy satellite, has many satellites over the Korean Peninsula.

"Our military's mission is to use war deterrence" "In the event that the United States tries to violate the sovereignty of an independent state by illegally and unjustifiably using the latest technologies, North Korea will consider taking self-defense measures to weaken the operational capabilities of US spy satellites or destroy them, using its legitimate rights granted by international and domestic laws," the statement said, reminding that the North Korean military's mission is to use war deterrence in the event of a deadly military attack on the country's strategic assets or if it is determined that such an attack is imminent.

Tensions had risen on the Korean Peninsula North Korea's sending of a spy satellite named Malligyong-1 into orbit with a new type of Chollima-1 rocket raised tensions on the Korean Peninsula. South Korea partially suspended the military agreement signed in 2018 to reduce military tensions with North Korea in response, while Pyongyang announced its withdrawal from the agreement in retaliation. Following the developments, Pyongyang increased its military activities around the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating North and South Korea, claiming that it had imaged important military bases and government buildings in the US and South Korea with spy satellites. Finally, the South Korean Defense Ministry announced that the country's first domestic spy satellite was placed into orbit to "secure independent intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities".