In October, the Pentagon will send a strike group of the Navy to the DPRK

In October, the Pentagon intends to send an airborne strike group of the United States Navy, headed by the Ronald Reagan nuclear carrier, to the east coast of the DPRK to conduct joint exercises with the navy ships of South Korea.

A South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman told the South Korean media on anonymity terms .

"We are conducting consultations with the US on the plan of action of the aircraft carrier group headed by the nuclear carrier Ronald Reagan, in the Eastern Sea (the Sea of ​​Japan) on October 15," - said the military.

It is also noted that the aircraft carrier CVN-76 will be accompanied by several warships that are part of its aircraft carrier group based on the naval base of Yokosuka in Japan, including a missile cruiser and destroyer equipped with the IJIS missile defense system, which capable of knocking down any North Korean ballistic missiles, as well as a strike nuclear submarine, equipped with Tomahawk cruise missiles.

As part of the exercise, the US Navy and South Korean navy ships will be trained to launch launches, track trajectories and intercept North Korean ballistic missiles.

Recall that the US State Department spokeswoman Heather Naehter issued a statement stating that North Korean diplomats did not show willingness and willingness to negotiate while communicating with their American counterparts.

DPRK threatened the most powerful nuclear test in response to Trump's statement.

Earlier, Trump signed a new decree on sanctions against the DPRK .

On September 19, Trump from the rostrum of the United Nations General Assembly said that the United States is patient with North Korea, but in the absence of choice, they are ready to completely destroy the DPRK .

At the same time, DPRK called Trump's speech "dog barking" .

On September 15, North Korea launched another rocket to Japan. The ship was moving toward the Pacific Ocean, flew through the Japanese territory and fell to 2 thousand kilometers from the Japanese island of Hokkaido.

On September 12, the UN Security Council unanimously approved the United States resolution on the imposition of new sanctions against North Korea . In particular, the DPRK limited exports of textiles and oil imports.

hromadske.ua , Original in Ukrainian / Українською мовою