According to the news agency, the US so far has deployed strategic nuclear weapons including tactical nuclear-armed submarine, aircraft carrier, and strategic bomber to South Korea. Pyongyang views these actions as “a grave military movement” of preemptive nuclear attack against North Korea.

The KCNA article also warned that a preemptive strike is no longer an exclusive right of the United States.

It reminded the United States that North Korea’s nuclear force policy, a stated doctrine on using nuclear weapons now enshrined in its constitution, has allowed the country to take necessary actions in case it is under a nuclear attack or it is determined the country is facing an imminent nuclear attack.