N.Korea readies missiles after U.S. bombers fly over South
Friday March 29, 2013 05:28:44 PM,
Agencies
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Seoul/Washington: North Korea put its missile units on
standby on Friday to attack U.S. military bases in South Korea and
the Pacific, after the United States flew two nuclear-capable
stealth bombers over the Korean peninsula in a rare show of force.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un signed off on the order at a
midnight meeting of top generals and "judged the time has come to
settle accounts with the U.S. imperialists in view of the
prevailing situation", the official KCNA news agency said.
KCNA said North Korea and the United States could only settle
their differences by "physical means". The North has an arsenal of
Soviet-era short-range Scud missiles that can hit South Korea but
its longer-range Nodong and Musudan missiles, which could in
theory hit U.S. Pacific bases, are untested.
China, the North's sole major ally, repeated its calls for
restraint on the Korean peninsula at a regular Foreign Ministry
briefing and made no criticism of the U.S flights.
"We hope that relevant parties will work together in pushing for a
turnaround of the tense situation," ministry spokesman Hong Lei
told reporters.
Tension has been high since North Korea conducted a third nuclear
weapons test in February in breach of U.N. sanctions and despite
warnings from China for it not to do so.
Russia's foreign minister implicitly criticised the U.S. bomber
flights.
"We are concerned that alongside the adequate, collective reaction
of the U.N. Security Council, unilateral action is being taken
around North Korea that is increasing military activity," Foreign
Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
"The situation could simply get out of control, it is slipping
toward the spiral of a vicious cycle," Lavrov told reporters in
Moscow when asked about the situation.
He called for efforts to get stalled six-party talks on North
Korea going again. The talks have involved the two Koreas, the
United States, Russia, China and Japan.
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