Sputnik News
October 19, 2017
Pyongyang could stage an unprecedented strike on the US at an unexpected time, the North Korean state run news agency KCNA warned on Thursday. The threat came as the South Korean and US navies conduct massive joint drills amid increasing tensions over the north’s nuclear and missile ambitions.
As the US aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan appeared in the waters off the Korean Peninsula, North Korea’s emergency committee for opposing nuclear war drills condemned the joint move between the US and South Korea to mobilize strategic nuclear assets near the peninsula, Yonhap News Agency reported.
“The US is running amok by introducing under our nose the targets we have set as primary ones. The US should expect that it would face unimaginable strike at an unimaginable time,” the Korean Central News Agency warned.
The KCNA accused the US and “its South Korean puppet forces” of intentionally driving the tension to the verge of explosion with their maritime drills in the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan, which it described as the “largest ever.”
“The South Korean puppets will not go scot-free as they are introducing strategic US nuclear assets and turning the whole land of South Korea into the worst-ever field of a nuclear war, without seeing the imminent catastrophic disaster,” the KCNA added, pledging that the North will mercilessly smash the “war frenzy” with concerted efforts and inflict “the most miserable death” upon the invaders.
On Monday, the US and South Korean navies kicked off a five-day round of military drills, featuring the USS Stetham and the USS Mustin guided-missile destroyers, as well as the USS Reagan supercarrier.
The joint US-South Korea drills, dubbed the Maritime Counter Special Operations Forces Exercise (MCSOFEX), are said to “promote communications, interoperability, and…