The U.S. and South Korea hope to provoke a nuclear war on the Korean Peninsula and will face “corresponding responses” from North Korea, state media claimed on Friday ahead of what the allies’ largest-ever live-fire drills next week.

A Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) article criticized the upcoming “annihilation” drills near the border as the latest example of the allies “anti-DPRK” rehearsal for war under the guise of “punitive action.”

“What on earth is ‘fire drill?’” the article queried. “‘Exercise for annihilating’ a nuclear power is just sheer bullshit, isn’t it?”

KCNA also pointed to the deployment of U.S. strategic