Kim Prepares Rockets as Hagel Denounces N. Korea ‘Danger’
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Kim Jong Un put some North Korean forces on standby to strike South Korea and U.S. forces as Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel denounced the totalitarian state’s “provocative actions and belligerent tone.”
Kim met with his military leaders today and ordered the preparations after two U.S. B-2 stealth bombers flew over South Korea yesterday in a show of deterrence. Hagel condemned North Korea’s recent actions, which include cutting off a military hotline with South Korea, putting its artillery forces on high alert, and threatening pre-emptive nuclear strikes.