NORTH korea has revealed the first country it would nuke if World War 3 broke out, according to terrifying claims from a Pyongyang newspaper.<\/p>\n
Hermit Kingdom mouthpiece Rodong Sinmun claims Japan would be the first country to be blanketed with radioactive clouds if war erupted on the Korean peninsula. <\/p>\n
The official daily paper of the ruling regime boasted of the ease with which the totalitarian state could unleash its army on Japan. <\/p>\n
The paper added: Not only those who try to harm us but their supporters will not be safe if any war breaks out. <\/p>\n
The chilling threat comes as Japan authorised a helicopter carrier to use weapons against attacks from North Korea if necessary. <\/p>\n
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Japanese defence chiefs ordered the Izumo Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter carrier to protect a US Navy supply ship in the Pacific. <\/p>\n
The troops on board the Japanese ship have been authorised to use the minimum necessary use of weapons amid North Korean threats to sink US vessels, the Japan Times reports. <\/p>\n
The US armada led by the nuclear-powered USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier was sent by Trump to within striking range of North Korea. <\/p>\n
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Not only those who try to harm us but their supporters will not be safe if any war breaks out. <\/p>\n
Now Rodong Sinmun has accused Japan of fanning war tensions and urged the nation to resolve the crisis on the Korean peninsula peacefully. <\/p>\n
The state-owned paper reported the story under the headline: Japan's Reckless Act Which Drives Itself into Ruin. <\/p>\n
It added: It's obvious that Japan's fanning of a Korean Peninsula crisis is intended to proceed toward its militarization and reinvade the peninsula. <\/p>\n
Joint US and South Korean forces have flexed their muscles in an aggressive display of military power, sure to heighten tensions on the Korean border to unbearable levels <\/p>\n
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But Japan is not the only country North Korea has threatened to attack. <\/p>\n
The rogue nation has promised to strike the US and South Korea, saying they will be submerged into a sea of fire and reduced to ashes. <\/p>\n
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