US ‘nuclear war plans’ in ‘final stage’: N.Korea

RT.com, 1 Nov, 2022- North Korea has condemned the US and South Korea after the two allies launched a massive joint military drill, suggesting the air exercises are preparation for a nuclear strike on the DPRK, while vowing to take “all necessary measures” to defend itself. 

In a statement carried by the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Monday, an unnamed Foreign Ministry spokesperson called the drills “an aggression-type war exercise with the basic purpose of hitting strategic targets of the Democratic People›s Republic of Korea,” saying they risk “serious confrontation with great powers.”

“Nowhere in the world can we find a military exercise with an aggressive character like the joint military exercise held by the United States and its followers in terms of duration, scale, content and density,” the official said.

After a flurry of joint exercises held in April, August, September, and October – some of which included Japan – the spokesperson claimed Monday’s aerial drills were the “largest-ever” in history, and showed that “the US nuclear war script against the Democratic People›s Republic of Korea has entered the final stage.”