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North Korea Threatens Nuclear Response to US Sending Bomber to South Korea

© REUTERS / Kim Hong-JiA sales assistant watches TV sets broadcasting a news report on North Korea's nuclear test, in Seoul, January 6, 2016
A sales assistant watches TV sets broadcasting a news report on North Korea's nuclear test, in Seoul, January 6, 2016 - Sputnik International
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Pyongyang threatened on Monday a nuclear response after the United States transferred a B-52 strategic bomber capable of carrying nuclear cruise missiles and up to 31 metric tons of bombs to South Korea.

This picture taken by the Republic of Korea Air Force on January 10, 2016 and released via Yonhap news agency shows a US B-52 Stratofortress (C) flying with South Korean F-15K fighter jets (bottom) and US F-16 fighter jets (top) over South Korea - Sputnik International
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US Army Confirms B-52 Bomber Flew Over South Korea
TOKYO (Sputnik) The United States flew the B-52 bomber on Sunday amid an alleged recent nuclear test carried out by Pyongyang. The US bomber flew over the South Korean Osan airbase located some 45 miles from the border with North Korea.

"To nuclear [threat] with nuclear – that is our response," a statement published in the state-run North Korean newspaper Rodong Sinmun said.

According to the statement, the United States moving its bomber to South Korea is "pushing the situation to the brink of war."

On Wednesday, Pyongyang claimed it had carried out its first hydrogen bomb test. The international community has condemned the test as provocative and undermining stability in the region.

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