Another day and another threat of North Korea to the United States. The DPRK has promised to deliver US unimaginable shock and says that can do it at any time. The statement reports USA TODAY , citing the North Korean Central News Agency.
«US running away and leaving under our noses the goals that we have identified as priorities. States must understand that faced with the unimaginable blow at the most unexpected time,» — said in a statement.
Under «goals» of North Korea is meant, apparently, the American aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagantaking part in military exercises with South Korea and currently in waters off the Korean Peninsula.
Military exercises are held until October 26. They became the reason of sharp growth of tension in relations between the US and the DPRK, especially after the statements of the President of trump in which he stated the threat of «total destruction» of North Korea, if a dictatorial regime to use weapons against America or its allies.
On Wednesday, diplomats from the US, South Korea and Japan met in Seoul to discuss how to respond to a nuclear programme of the DPRK in the future.
Deputy U.S. Secretary of state John Sullivan, who took part in the meeting, said that Washington believes that diplomacy is the primary means of addressing the crisis, but should be prepared for «any eventuality».
According to a new poll by NBC News / SurveyMonkey, published on Thursday, nearly half of Americans (41%) — Republicans and Democrats — consider North Korea the biggest threat to the country at the moment. This figure increased by 13% since July of this year. Even ISIS, according to the survey, people feel much less dangerous for the United States (19% in October compared to 28% in July). About 76% of Americans fear that the United States can go to war in the next 4 years.
