North Korea 'ready to sink' US aircraft carrier in Korean Peninsula

An American carrier group led by the USS Carl Vinson is expected to arrive on the Korean Peninsula "within days".

North Korea has warned it is prepared to sink an American aircraft carrier, as Japanese navy vessels joined a US "armada" for exercises in the western Pacific.

The USS Carl Vinson carrier strike group was ordered to head towards the Korean Peninsula as tensions rose over Pyongyang's nuclear and missile ambitions.

US vice-president Mike Pence has said it should arrive "within days" after it carried out a short training exercise with Australian forces.

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