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North Korea Escalation: South Korea, U.S. Prepare For Nuclear Attack

The United States federal government have told authorities on the West coast to make emergency plans in case of a nuclear attack by North Korea, as the situation between North and South Korea have taken a dangerous turn this weekend.  South Korea have warned that they may be forced to react militarily if North Korea continue to provoke them: “If the North continues to make provocations despite the stern warnings made by our military, it is inevitable for us to roll out a strict response that may lead to the destruction of the Pyongyang regime,” the South Korean Chiefs Of Staff said on Saturday morning. Dw.com reports: North Korea has threatened to launch an indiscriminate “pre-emptive nuclear strike of justice” against Washington and Seoul. The warning came as the US and South Korea carried out their largest-ever joint landing drill. North Korea’s military said it was ready to carry out an “ultra-precision blitzkrieg strike” on enemy targets participating in military drills on the Korean peninsula, according to a statement carried by state media on Saturday. The threats were issued as South Korea and the US launched the “Ssangyong” (twin dragons) amphibious landing exercise. The drill involved 17,200 soldiers – 12,200 US [...]