Great Satan US aircraft carrier arrival angers North Korea

North Korea has criticized the arrival of the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in the South for a joint drill as an “extremely reckless” provocation and a rehearsal for war against the country.

A U.S. naval strike group led by the nuclear-powered Nimitz arrived off the South’s southern port of Busan Saturday for the drill to be staged this week, following joint exercises that infuriated North Korea in recent months.
The South’s Defense Ministry said the 97,000-ton Nimitz, one of the world’s largest warships, will participate in joint search-and-rescue operations as well as “sea maneuvering” around the Korean Peninsula.
The North’s Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea that handles cross-border affairs called the arrival of the U.S. fleet “a grave military provocation” that would dramatically ratchet up tension.
It said, “The joint naval drill involving the latest weaponry including the nuclear aircraft carrier is a wanton blackmail against us and demonstrates…that their attempt to invade us has reached an extremely reckless level”.
The latest joint naval drill between the two allies is expected to be staged off the South’s eastern coast from Monday to Tuesday, Yonhap news agency reported, citing an unnamed Seoul official.