North Korea simulates tactical nuclear strike in response to US-South Korean drills

North Korea has conducted a missile launch exercise with a simulated tactical nuclear strike in response to a joint US-South Korean exercise, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.

According to the agency, at dawn on September 2, two long-range strategic cruise missiles "with warheads imitating nuclear ones" were launched.

Pyongyang emphasizes that the level of "recklessness and dangerous confrontational frenzy displayed recently by the United States and bandits from the Republic of Korea has reached an unprecedented level."