The U.S. kicked off Ulji Freedom Guardian joint military exercises together with the south Korean puppet forces, defying strong protest and denunciation from the DPRK and the international community.

The exercises will reportedly involve the U.S. nuclear-powered carrier "George Washington", at least 30,000 U.S. troops in south Korea and abroad and huge troops of the puppet army.

UFG means an escalation of the adventurous nuclear war maneuvers of the U.S. and the south Korean puppet forces to ignite an all-out war on the Korean Peninsula at any cost.

The aggressive and offensive nature of the war maneuvers was brought to light by the recent open remarks made by the U.S. and the south Korean warmongers that through a series of joint military exercises they would increase their coordinated defense capability and send a clear message to the DPRK that it should halt its "hostile acts".

It is quite preposterous for them to send such message after falsifying the truth about the warship case and kicking off offensive exercises against the DPRK under that pretext.

The nuclear war exercises are actions for a war of aggression against the DPRK, to all intents and purposes, as the master and his servant put their loud-mouthed stringent "sanctions" and "strong pressure" upon the DPRK into practice.

The U.S. and the puppet forces' military provocation is by no means a military demonstration of defensive nature or annual military maneuvers to cope with "threat" from someone.

This goes to clearly prove that the U.S. and the south Korean warhawks' reckless scenario to mount a preemptive surprise nuclear strike at the DPRK is becoming a reality as it is an outright challenge to the international community demanding detente on the Korean Peninsula while refuting the story about the DPRK's "linkage" to the "Cheonan" case.

The prevailing situation in which the U.S. is bringing the dark clouds of a nuclear war to hang heavily on the Korean Peninsula while escalating military pressure upon the DPRK once again convinces its army and people how it was just when it had access to nuclear deterrent for self-defence.

The U.S. and the south Korean puppet forces will face the serious consequences to be entailed by their reckless military provocations driving the situation on the peninsula to the worst phase under the pretext of "Cheonan" case.

The U.S. and the Lee Myung Bak group of traitors should clearly understand the army of the DPRK highly alerted with iron will and firm stand never says empty words.