North Korea threat to US will be met with 'massive military response', says Mattis – live

Seoul is poised to give green light to install four more batteries of controversial Thaad system amid tensions with PyongyangFull report: Nuclear test confirmed in major escalation by Kim Jong-unAnalysis: Latest nuclear test reflects failure of Trump’s rhetoricTrump calls North Korea ‘a rogue nation which has become a great threat’Did North Korea just test a hydrogen bomb? 2.50am BST Here is a video of the full statement made by US defence secretary James Mattis earlier outside the White House. In it he says America’s commitment to its allies is “ironclad” and that any threat “will be met with a massive military response, both effective and overwhelming”. 2.40am BST South Korea’s military has released images of its live-fire exercises, held at undisclosed locations on Monday in response to the North’s nuclear test. It involved Hyunmoo ballistic missiles and F-15K fighter jets as well as troop movements on the ground. The exercises, along with the conditional approval for a US missile defence system, appear to be further evidence of President Moon Jae-in’s departure from the route of diplomacy. Continue reading…
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