# Kim Yo-jong warns of new military options after Japan’s missile test 2026-08-05T23:13:41+00:00 | World & Diplomacy | Indian Opinion Desk North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister, Kim Yo-jong, said in a KCNA statement on Wednesday that Pyongyang would adopt additional military options after Japan test fired a US made Tomahawk cruise missile from the destroyer Chokai, The Hindu reported. She said Japan was moving beyond a defensive posture toward pre-emptive and overseas strike capability, pointing also to other Japanese missile tests and a US led drill in the Philippines, and said of Tokyo, 'We should make it regret.' Kim accused the United States of enabling Japan's build-up by supplying the missiles, modifying vessels to fire them and backing the tests, saying the resulting systems place North Korea and its neighbours within range, part of a run of at least six KCNA editorials since July criticising trilateral security cooperation among the three countries. Analysts Yang Moo-jin and Lim Eul-chul said Pyongyang may be using Japan's rearmament to justify its own weapons programme and could follow with further missile or undersea demonstrations, though neither had been confirmed. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Kim's statement is political rhetoric issued through state media, not a report of any missile launch or troop movement, and this account keeps that distinction clear by separating Japan's confirmed test from Pyongyang's own description of what it means. Yang Moo-jin's and Lim Eul-chul's comments are their own reading of North Korean intentions, offered as analysis rather than anything Kim herself confirmed, so a future demonstration stays their prediction rather than an announced plan. The line about making Japan regret its steps is strong language aimed at a domestic and regional audience, and reading it as a specific military threat would go beyond what Kim actually specified. A missile test or undersea display from Pyongyang, should one follow, would turn this warning into a confirmed action rather than a statement. ## Coverage - www.thehindu.com Tags: Kim Yo Jong, North Korea Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/north-koreas-kim-yo-jong-warns-of-new-military-options-over-japans-strike-capabilities/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/north-koreas-kim-yo-jong-warns-of-new-military-options-over-japans-strike-capabilities/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.