July 31 (UPI) -- North Korea accused the United States of preparing for nuclear war after two B1-B Lancers flew over South Korea on Sunday.
Pyongyang's state-controlled news agency KCNA claimed Monday the bombers were deployed from Guam for "war practice."
"On July 30, two B-1B strategic bombers of the U.S. imperialists
returned to South Korean airspace for war practice in preparation for a
nuclear-armed attack of North Korea," KCNA stated. "The bombers flew
over Jeju Island in the south, traversed the East Sea [Sea of Japan] and
excitedly trained in the dropping of nuclear bombs while flying over
Osan," a U.S. air base in the South.
On Sunday, the U.S. military confirmed bombers flew over the
peninsula for a drill with South Korean fighter jets, a move Pyongyang
attacked in its most recent statement.
"The F-15K fighters of the [South Korea] puppet air force flew
together with U.S. imperialist nuclear bombers as shields [for the U.S.
aircraft], ready to bring about terrible disaster to a unitary [Korean]
people," Pyongyang stated.
Yonhap reported the two B-1B Lancers did fly
over the South Korean island of Jeju, Osan, then exited the peninsula
after flying over Deokjeok Island on the western coast of the peninsula.
The bombers were deployed more than 30 hours after North Korea
engaged in its latest provocation on Friday: the launch of what the
regime has claimed is an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of
reaching the United States.
North Korea also claimed it tested an ICBM, following a missile launch on the Fourth of July.
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