North Korea warned Thursday it would respond with "overwhelming deterrence" against the United States following its deployment of B-1B strategic bombers to the Korean Peninsula earlier this week for a joint air exercise.

North Korea criticised the United States for deploying a B-1B strategic bomber in a recent joint military drill with South Korea, describing the move as an "open threat" to Pyongyang's security, state media KCNA reported on Thursday.

North Korea has blasted the United States for deploying a B-1B strategic bomber in a recent joint military drill with South Korea, calling the move an “open threat” to Pyongyang’s security. A spokesperson for the country’s defence ministry,