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NORTH Korea warned today that the controversial new security pact between Britain, the United States and Australia could trigger a deadly nuclear arms race.
A Foreign Ministry spokesman said that the deal, signed last week and known by the acronym Aukus, threatened peace and stability in the region.
The pact will cover cruise missiles and artificial intelligence as well as giving Australia the technology to build nuclear-powered submarines.
Expanding Britain’s nuclear capability increases the risk of nuclear confrontation. It does not keep us safe – it makes us a target, argues CAROL TURNER
From 35,000 troops in Talisman Sabre war games to HMS Spey provocations in the Taiwan Strait, Labour continues Tory militarisation — all while claiming to uphold ‘one China’ diplomatic agreements from 1972, reports KENNY COYLE