BBC: North Korea threatens US and South with nuclear strikes
North Korea has threatened "indiscriminate" nuclear strikes against South Korea and the US if they push ahead with joint military drills.
The exercises, set to involve tens of thousands of troops, are an annual manoeuvre and always generate tension.
The order for a "pre-emptive nuclear strike of justice" was made in a statement put out by Pyongyang.
Such rhetoric is not uncommon and experts doubt the North's ability to put nuclear warheads on its missiles.
Last year, North Korea threatened to turn Washington into a "sea of fire".
North Korea sees the annual US-South Korean war games as a rehearsal for invasion.
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