The fate of Supreme Leaders of Iran, Ali Khamenei and Mojtaba Khamenei, has influenced North Korea to alter its Constitution, a news report said. Pyongyang's military is now constitutionally responsible for launching a nuclear attack on the adversary if Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un is killed or incapacitated, it said.
During the first session of the 15th Supreme People’s Assembly in the capital city, Article 3 of North Korea's nuclear policy law was revised. It now reportedly states that: “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.”
As per media reports, North Korea's military remains absolutely loyal to the Kim dynasty and would not hesitate to launch a nuclear attack in the light of an existential threat to the country's order or the Supreme Leader and his tribe. Experts believe it would have always been North’s reaction if the ruler was harmed and inscribing it in the Constitution should be a further step to further deter the regime’s rivals.
North Korea was shocked by the efficiency of the targeted killings that Tehran witnessed during its war with the US–Israel coalition. Although the lack of human intelligence within the country's borders makes such strikes on North Korea almost impossible, Kim is aware of the challenges that satellite-based technologies pose, The Telegraph said in a report. The change made to North Korea's nuclear policy law was revealed to the world on Thursday after South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS) briefed the country's higher-ups.
According to the NIS, Seoul's intelligence agency, 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 Telegraph added.