NORTH Korea has criticised the United States for deploying two bombers near its border, describing the move as “provocation” and warning it could lead to nuclear war.
Two B-1B strategic bombers were sent to the Korean Peninsula on Saturday to take part in military drills alongside South Korean fighter jets.
The explicit warning to the rogue north comes after its dictator Kim Jong-un launched an intercontinental ballistic missile.
In an editorial in North Korea’s major newspaper Rodong Sinmun, the regime’s mouthpiece, America’s action was slammed as dangerous.
“The US saying it will regularly deploy strategic bombers to the Korean Peninsula is the same as a crazy act of playing fire on top of an ammunitions locker,” state media said.
“A simple misjudgment or mistake may lead to the outbreak of a nuclear war and that, in turn, is sure to lead to a new world war.”