Rodong Sinmun Wednesday observes in a signed commentary in this regard:

This goes to prove that the U.S. is the country with the biggest military spending in the world and a "champion" in arms expansion. It is chiefly to blame for seriously threatening and disturbing global peace and security.

The present U.S. administration is loudmouthed about "changes" and "multilateral cooperative diplomacy" but is as keen on the arms build-up as the Bush administration which put spurs to it under the pretext of "war on terrorism".

In case of the U.S. the increased military expenditure precisely means arms build-up and it is aimed to escalate the military actions for aggression. It is the strategic aim and invariable ambition of the U.S. to dominate the world by dint of military force.

The U.S. imperialists' reckless moves for increasing military spending and arms build-up are aimed to establish an unchallenged military edge and realize the ambition for world domination.

The U.S. reckless moves for increasing military spending amount to acts against peace as they fan up the world-wide arms race and military confrontation and strain the international situation.

The U.S. is working hard to escalate the offensive of military pressure against the DPRK, regarding it as a thorn in its flesh, as it is advancing under the uplifted banner of independence and socialism.

They are getting evermore desperate in their moves to pose a nuclear threat to the DPRK and start a nuclear war against it, while clamoring about the provision of a "nuclear umbrella" to south Korea and Japan.

The DPRK was entirely right when it took measures to bolster up its nuclear deterrent for self-defence to cope with these moves.

Under the present serious situation where arms race is escalated and peace is seriously disturbed, the DPRK is left with no option but to further bolster up its war deterrent under the banner of Songun in order to protect the right of the country and the nation to exist and its sovereignty and security.