North Korean air force practises striking aircraft carriers

摘要

North Korea's air force has carried out a drill that involved attacking simulated enemy aircraft carriers amid heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula over Pyongyang's ongoing development of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles. The 5 June announcement by the Rodong Sinmun newspaper - the daily of the Workers' Party of Korea - came shortly after two US Navy (USN) carriers conducted joint exercises with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) in the Sea of Japan and a third USN carrier group departed to what reports claim is the Asia-Pacific region.