WORLD WAR 3: Trump deploys NUCLEAR SUBMARINE in huge military drill amid North Korea fued

The US will send out the USS Ronald Regan aircraft carrier and two Arleigh Burke-class destroyers to carry out the show of strength.

They are set to join South Korean warships and aircraft along with a US special forces team aboard one of the nation’s nuclear-powered submarine.

In the past Kim Jong-un has reacted with his own military displays to US drills, launching four ballistic missiles into the ocean in March following accusations President Trump’s troops were preparing to invade.

But the US has responded to risk by deploying a Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) plane, which will scope out the movements of Kim Jong-Un’s ground and naval forces.

Yesterday a US General – known for his calculated comments – shocked a television interviewer last night when he revealed that “war is scheduled” with North Korea.

General Barry McCaffrey’s comments come as fears mount that the US and North Korea are headed towards an imminent war.

The respected retired general claimed that the US would be at war with the communist regime “by next summer” during a TV interview with NBC last night.

Kim Jong-un has continued to escalate his threatening rhetoric against the United States and its allies, amid the deepening crisis on the Korean peninsula.

The former US Army general dismissed the possibility of bringing North Korea back to the negotiating table, which he blamed on the US President Donald Trump.

He said: “The problem is we’ve got so many crises going on now, potentially, that he’s overloading the diplomatic effort, as well as the US armed forces’ ability to deal with it.

“I don’t want us to take our eye off North Korea.

“The current language out of the administration, that lack of a diplomatic and serious engagement strategy, in my view, has us sliding toward war by next summer.

“This war is on schedule under this administration.”

MSNBC news anchor Brian Williams noted that General McCaffrey does not have a reputation for inflammatory rhetoric, which makes his warning even more chilling.

Mr Williams said: “I’ve known the general for many years. I know him as a level-headed man not given to hyperbole.”