“Strike on evil bases”: North Korea threatens to strike a US aircraft carrier near South Korea

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North Korea believes that the United States may be preparing a nuclear strike on their territory. They promise to deliver it first.

North Korea threatens to launch a missile strike on all US strategic targets located on the Korean Peninsula. In particular, it talks about the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan, which arrived in South Korea.

The United States wants to attack the DPRK

The authoritarian state is convinced that the visit of the aircraft carrier seems to mean that the United States is creating a nuclear threat, because the implementation of its attack plans has reached the “most serious level.”

The most powerful and fastest first North Korea's strike will be carried out against “extended deterrence” assets, as well as against evil bases on and around the Korean Peninsula. – the message says.

The DPRK nuclear doctrine allows the use of nuclear weapons not in response, but preventively.

DPRK – Russia: how relations have changed states against the backdrop of a full-scale war against Ukraine

• North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un met with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in September. Together they visited the Knevichi airbase in Vladivostok. They discussed strengthening military cooperation between the DPRK and Russia. They also agreed to strengthen cooperation and interaction between the armed forces of the countries and in the areas of their national defense and security.
• The United States warned Pyongyang and Moscow that Russian assistance in the war in Ukraine will be provide for a different format of relations with the DPRK, and the United States will begin to act tougher. And their actions will affect not only economic measures, but also military ones.
• In October 2023, the amount of freight traffic increased between North Korea and Russia. In particular, the cargo was recorded at a railway facility in the North Korean city of Tumangan. The activity there is much higher than what American analysts have tracked there over the past five years. The DPRK is likely dumping ammunition and artillery into Russia. However, it is difficult to draw final conclusions, because the cargo is covered with tarpaulins.