North Korea said in the event of any 'reckless' US provocation, its forces should mercilessly strike the US mainland, military bases in the Pacific, including Hawaii and Guam, and those in South Korea
North Korea, in a direct response to the US' threat to use nuclear capable stealth bombers, has ordered preparations for rocket strikes on the US mainland and military bases in the Pacific and South Korea.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un said the orders, issued at an overnight emergency meeting with top army commanders, was a direct response to the US for using nuclear-capable US B2 stealth bombers in their on-going joint military drills with South Korea.
The official Korean Central News Agency quoted Kim as saying, "In the event of any 'reckless' US provocation, North Korean forces should mercilessly strike the US mainland...military bases in the Pacific, including Hawaii and Guam, and those in South Korea”.
With tensions soaring on the Korean peninsula, two B-2s flew training bombing ran over South Korea on Thursday to underline US commitment to its military alliance with Seoul in the event of any aggression from the North.
Kim argued that the stealth bomber flights went beyond a simple demonstration of force and amounted to a US 'ultimatum that they will ignite a nuclear war at any cost’.
The flight came as part of annual drills between the United States and South Korea, which North Korea each year denounces as rehearsals for war.
B-2 jets, which dodge anti-aircraft defences, bombed targets in conflicts in Serbia, Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya. The US rarely acknowledges B-2 flights to the Korean peninsula, which remains technically at war.
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