North Korea says it is ready to sink a US aircraft carrier to demonstrate its military might, in the latest sign of rising tensions as US President Donald Trump prepares to call on the leaders of China and Japan to intervene.
The United States has ordered the USS Carl Vinson carrier strike group to sail to waters off the Korean peninsula in response to mounting concern over the North’s nuclear and missile tests, and its threats to attack the US and its Asian allies.
The US government has not specified where the carrier strike group is as it approaches the area.
Vice President Mike Pence said it would arrive “within days,” but gave no other details.
North Korea remained defiant.
Source: News.com.au
