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US bombers stage North Korea show of force US bombers stage North Korea show of force
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US bombers have flown close to North Korea's east coast to demonstrate the military options available to defeat any threat, the Pentagon says.US bombers have flown close to North Korea's east coast to demonstrate the military options available to defeat any threat, the Pentagon says.
It said the flight was the farthest north of the demilitarised zone between the Koreas that any US fighter jet or bomber has flown in the 21st Century. It said the flight was the farthest north of the demilitarised zone between the Koreas that any US fighter jet or bomber had flown in the 21st Century.
It comes amid heightened tensions between the two countries over Pyongyang's nuclear programme. Tensions have risen recently over Pyongyang's nuclear programme.
Meanwhile, North Korea's foreign minister is due to address the UN. At the UN, North Korea's foreign minister said US President Donald Trump was on a "suicide mission".
In a statement, the Pentagon said the flight underscored "the seriousness" with which the US takes North Korea's "reckless" behaviour. Ri Yong-ho's comments to the General Assembly mimicked Mr Trump's remarks at the UN on Tuesday, when he called North Korean leader Kim Jong-un a "rocket man on suicide mission".
"This mission is a demonstration of US resolve and a clear message that the president has many military options to defeat any threat." Mr Ri added that "insults" by Mr Trump - who was, he aid, "mentally deranged and full of megalomania" - were an "irreversible mistake making it inevitable" that North Korean rockets would hit the US mainland.
At the UN on Tuesday, President Donald Trump said that he would "totally destroy" North Korea if the US was forced to defend itself or its allies. Shortly before his address, the Pentagon announced that the show of force underscored "the seriousness" with which the US took North Korea's "reckless" behaviour, calling the country's weapons programme a "grave threat".
Earlier on Saturday, a magnitude 3.4 tremor was detected near North Korea's nuclear test site, sparking fears that the country could have carried out another test. But experts and international nuclear test monitors said they believed it was a natural quake. "This mission is a demonstration of US resolve and a clear message that the president has many military options to defeat any threat," it said in a statement.
"We are prepared to use the full range of military capabilities to defend the US homeland and our allies."
The flight follows a week of heated rhetoric between the leaders of both countries.
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