N Korea warns US naval drills with S Korea could lead to nuclear war

North Korea has warned that the deployment of three US aircraft carriers in joint navy drills with South Korea is fueling tensions that could lead to nuclear war.


North Korea's UN Ambassador Ja Song Nam said in a letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres that this was "the worst ever situation prevailing in and around the Korean peninsula."

The first such deployment of three US carriers since 2007 "is making it impossible to predict when nuclear war breaks out due to the US nuclear war equipment" taking up a "strike posture," wrote the ambassador.

The four-day exercise in the western Pacific involving the USS Ronald Reagan, USS Nimitz and USS Theodore Roosevelt began on Saturday and included seven South Korean vessels including three destroyers.
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 14/11/17