After a fast-attack nuclear submarine from the US Navy docked in a port in Busan, South Korea claimed that the US is posing a serious threat to its national security, and that its military forces are prepared to take any necessary action.
The US nuclear submarine on the Korean Peninsula was “clearly the US invariable hysteria for confrontation,” according to the nation’s government’s KCNA news agency on Tuesday.
We “deeply concern” about the US’s dangerous hostile military action, which could trigger a conflict of interest in the Korean Peninsula’s acute military environment, according to the statement.
The ministry claimed that North Korea would “unreservedly exercise the legitimate right to punish the provokers” and that the US was a “hegemonic entity” that “blindly believes in domination through power.”
According to South Korea’s Defense Ministry, the USS Alexandria submarine docked at a Busan port on Monday for supplies and to rest its crew.
The ministry added that the stop will give the South Korean and US navies a chance to exchange information and come up with a joint defense strategy.
The USS Alexandria, part of the US’s Pacific Fleet, is a fast-attack, nuclear-powered submarine armed with Tomahawk cruise missiles.
South Korea’s Armed Forces declined to comment on the North Korean government’s statement.
Pyongyang claims that US-South Korean military exercises constitute a threat to the Korean Peninsula’s stability and that they are preparations for an invasion of North Korea.
On Sunday, North Korea warned of “undesirable consequences” after a series of exercises was conducted by the US and South Korean allies just 16 miles (25.7km) from North Korea’s border.
Despite US President Donald Trump’s comments suggesting he intends to speak with Kim Jong Un for direct talks, North Korea has increased its rhetoric since the US president took office last month.
Despite the US imposing heavy sanctions on Pyongyang, and occasional bouts of name-calling, Trump and Kim enjoyed an unusually strong rapport during the US president’s first term.
Trump made history by appearing to be the first US president to visit North Korea since a 1953 armistice put the Korean War on de facto end, and he did so on three separate occasions between 2018 and 2019.
Source: Aljazeera
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