Rodong Sinmun Friday in a commentary terms this a clear indication of the attempt to mount a preemptive attack on the north and an unpardonable provocation against it.

The warmongers at home and abroad are veiling the Ulji Freedom Guardian military exercises as "annual" ones just as they used to do in the past, the commentary notes, and goes on:

But with nothing can the U.S. and the puppet warmongers cover up the aggressive and provocative nature of the joint military exercises.

The exercises are the ones for a war of aggression for mounting a surprise preemptive attack on the DPRK from all aspects. A clear proof is that OPLAN 5015 has been applied to the exercises this time.

OPLAN 5015 is a hideous preemptive strike scenario focusing on the "precision strike" at the supreme headquarters and major strategic strongholds of the DPRK.

The warmongers at home and abroad are working hard to master and perfect the performance procedures and the actual maneuverability of "beheading operation" and "secret operation" under OPLAN 5015. This clearly proves the nature of the U.S. and the puppet warmongers who work hard to stifle the DPRK in a military way even though they talk about "annual" and "defensive".

It is a very ill-boding development that timed to coincide with the exercises, the U.S. Pacific Command chief, the U.S. Strategic Command head, the Missile Defense Agency director and other U.S. high-ranking military officers flew into south Korea to hold confabs against the DPRK.

The situation clearly proves that the U.S. and the warmongers' scenario for provoking a nuclear war against the north has reached the phase of implementation.