The United States is investing another $ 440 million in defense for North Korea

The Pentagon has demanded a reallocation of funds from the current US budget so as not to wait until the new one is adopted. The US is also investing $ 440 million in missile defense, including the increase in missile interceptors, The Hindu newspaper reported.

The information comes amid strong North Korea's efforts to develop a nuclear missile capable of reaching US territory. Because of the urgency of the situation, the Pentagon has asked Congress to allow a reallocation of funds from the current budget rather than waiting for the next defense budget. Prior to the financial injection, the US Department of Defense already had $ 8.2 billion for missile defense in its budget. On Tuesday, the Pentagon announced a $ 367m redeployment, with the remaining $ 73m expected to be announced in the coming days. Meanwhile, Pyongyang is advancing with its missile and nuclear program development programs, and analysts ask whether the Pentagon has developed missile defense capabilities that can handle the North Korean threat.

North Korea stopped gasoline sales

At the end of September, China stopped oil imports into the country and the measures were due to a deficit. North Korea stopped gasoline sales. The reason is the fuel shortage after China stopped oil imports in the country at the end of September. Only representatives of the elite and elected military have the right to fill their cars, Japanese publication Asahi writes. The Pyongyang regime has dropped the ban on gas station sales at the end of September, according to a familiar source, the newspaper said. This move has clearly been taken to prepare the nation for the impact of US and Chinese economic sanctions in response to the repeated launch of North Korean ballistic missiles and a series of nuclear tests.

The governments of Japan, the United States and South Korea use reconnaissance satellites to confirm whether and how to ban the import of gasoline into North Korea. Only a few hundred of the senior members of the ruling Korean Workers' Party, along with senior government and military officials, still have the right to buy gasoline, says the source of the Japanese edition. It is unclear whether there are any restrictions on the sale of fuel to taxis and buses. Yet at the beginning of the year, gas storage and hiding in North Korea began, pending the international community to impose economic sanctions. At that time, gasoline prices have tripled. 

North Korea was hit by new sanctions after the sixth nuclear test in September this year. The measures include a limit on annual imports into North Korea of ​​refined petroleum products such as petrol and oils up to 2 million barrels or the equivalent of about 270,000 tonnes of crude oil. Earlier, the North Korean government has instructed senior officials to accumulate reserves of another 1 million tons of crude oil to prepare for this opportunity. According to South Korean sources, North Korea's annual consumption is in the range of 700,000 to 900,000 tonnes. The country also has 1 million tons of stocks in the event of war. The ban on the sale of gasoline eliminates long queues that are usually formed at gas stations in the country, according to intelligence satellites used by Japan, the United States and South Korea.

A source from North Korea says: "Gasoline is not sold regardless of how much money is offered".

North Korea fired a ballistic missile that flew over Japan

North Korea launched a ballistic missile that flew over Japan before dropping into the Pacific Ocean, the media reported. The rocket has flown nearly 3,000 kilometers at an altitude of about 550 kilometers. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said this was "an unprecedented, serious and big threat," and called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council. The last time a North Korean missile flew over Japan in 2009.

Pyongyang then said it was a satellite. Even then, Washington, Seoul and Tokyo thought it was an intercontinental ballistic missile experience. Earlier, Japan had said it would remove any North Korean missile that threatened its territory. However, the Japanese armed forces did not attempt to remove the last missile, FOCUS said. Defense Minister Icuniory Onondera said that according to the Japanese generals, "there was no risk" for the country. We recall that a Pyongyian regime twice tested ballistic missiles a month ago, triggering a sharp verbal collision with the United States. 

The United States sent bombers across North Korea

Supersonic B-1B strategic bombers have been flying over the Korean Peninsula as a demonstration of power from Washington to North Korea. The reason for the maneuver is another attempt by the totalitarian state to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile. Pyongyang announced yesterday that they had another successful intercontinental ballistic missile test Friday, which they believe has proven the ability of the missile to reach the American continent. This has prompted the sharp reaction of US President Donald Trump.

Bomber flights are a direct response to the missile test, the US Air Force reported. The planes fled from the US base in Guam and joined by Japanese and South Korean fighters who had been trained, the report said.

"The DPRK remains the biggest threat to regional stability. If we are called, we are ready to respond with quick, deadly and striking force at a time and place chosen by us, "warned the US Air Force.