US Stealth Bomber fly over instigates North Korea’s President Kim Jong-un to
Kim Jong-un offers more threats Friday morning after US stealth bombers are flown over South Korea.
North Korea’s leader has responded to America’s use of nuclear-capable B-2 bombers in joint South Korean military
drills with more angry rhetoric, saying his rocket forces are ready to attack US positions.
photo SSGT AARON D. ALLMON II, USAF
The North’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) news agency said on Friday that Kim signed off on the orders at a midnight meeting of top generals and “judged the time has come to settle accounts with the US imperialists in view of the prevailing situation”.
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”, he was quoted as saying.
Yonhap news agency said on Friday that increased activities involving vehicles and troops at North Korea’s mid- and long-range missile units were detected by South Korea’s military.
Kim said “the time has come to settle accounts with the US imperialists in view of the prevailing situation”, according to KCNA.
“Sharply increased movements of vehicles and soldiers have been detected recently at North Korea’s mid and long-range missile sites,” South Korea’s Yonhap news quoted a military source as saying.
“There is a combat duty readiness in effect at the North’s missile units since February 26 so there is a possibility they will actually fire.”
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