In Face of US Military Buildup, North Korea Claims Ideology Gives it Fighting Edge

People watch a television broadcast reporting the North Korean missile launch at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea on Sept. 15, 2017. Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images

North Korean state-run news agency, KCNA, departed from its usual editorials about the “inevitable” triumph of the socialist state and the “undeniable” power of its armed forces to say it isn’t the weapons an army has that wins the battle, but the determination of its soldiers.

The editorial came the day before the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Key West arrived at Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, on Nov. 21 for a port visit.