The visit of an American aircraft carrier to South Korea was reportedly condemned by North Korea on Friday, with the country claiming that it was a provocation that may result in irrevocable and catastrophic circumstances.

Following allied drills in adjacent waters, the nuclear-armed Ronald Reagan and its strike group made a forceful arrival in the port of Busan, in South Korea, on Thursday to begin a five-day tour aimed at deterring North Korea.

According to North Korea’s KCNA news agency, the aircraft carrier’s arrival demonstrated that a U.S. plan for a nuclear assault on the country had reached the gravest phase, indicating that a nuclear war was coming to the fore.

It’s an undisguised military provocation pushing the situation to irrevocable disastrous scenarios, the KCNA stated.

Per the United States and South Korea, to properly respond to North Korea’s escalating nuclear and missile threats, the two countries have begun holding more intense military drills this year. These exercises have involved American aircraft carriers, submarines, and sophisticated bombers.

North Korea refers to the exercises as an invasion practice.

Opportunities for establishing interoperability at sea towards the common objective of a free and open Indo-Pacific are what the carrier strike group has been looking at. According to its spokesperson, Seth Koenig, the group visits South Korea on a regular basis.

The North Korean news agency stated that in accordance with its nuclear doctrine, North Korea would thoroughly repel and deter the U.S. and its stooges’ frantic moves toward igniting a nuclear war and would also take “necessary actions” in the event of an impending nuclear strike.

The most powerful and swift first strike will be directed to the extended deterrence means employed by the U.S. to deceive its followers and the bases of evil in the Korean peninsula and its vicinity, stated the KCNA.

“Extended deterrence” refers to the capacity of the US military, especially its nuclear arsenal, to avert assaults on allies.

North Korea will be the topic of two days of discussions starting on Monday in the Indonesian capital between the U.S., Japanese, and South Korean nuclear envoys, according to statements from their respective foreign ministries.

Japan and the allies have routinely engaged in air and naval exercises.

References: India Today, Reuters

North Korea Agitated; Warns Of Nuclear Response After U.S Navy Ship Arrival In South Korea appeared first on Marine Insight - The Maritime Industry Guide