PYONGYANG, March 2 (Xinhua) -- The military of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Thursday threatened to take "the toughest counteractions" against the ongoing South Korea-U.S. joint war games.
"Should the U.S. imperialists and the South Korean puppet forces fire even a single shell into the waters where the sovereignty of our Republic is exercised, the KPA (Korean People's Army) will immediately launch its merciless military counteractions," said a statement given by an unnamed spokesman for the KPA General Staff.
The military will foil the nuclear war racket of the "aggressors" with its treasured nuclear sword, the spokesman added.
South Korea and the United States on Wednesday kicked off their joint springtime war games codenamed "Foal Eagle," which is scheduled to last till the end of April. The USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier and other U.S. strategic assets will be sent to the Korean Peninsula for the drill, according to local reports.
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