DHAKA: South Korea and United States will carry out a mock attack on a nuclear facility next month.

A South Korean defense ministry official told BBC.

However, the officials claimed the testing will no be aiming North Korea, even though, the decision came a mere couple of weeks later North Korea’s second ‘successful’ nuclear warhead test this year.

North Korea's nuclear test prompted a strong rebuke from the international community, with South Korea saying it was ‘getting ready for the worst case scenario.’

The simulation, dubbed joint exercise ‘Red Flag’, will take place in Alaska from October 3 until October 21.

North Korean state media called the South ‘puppet warmongers’ when reporting the upcoming military drills.

"The bond between the United States and the Republic of Korea is ironclad and the strength of that commitment will not be shaken by North Korea's aggressive behavior," said Lt. Gen. Thomas W. Bergeson, 7th Air Force commander.
 
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