War imminent? China’s bombers on ‘HIGH ALERT’ as North Korea rages against US

Beijing’s air force has increased the readiness of their cruise missile carrying warplanes, according to US defence officials.

Chinese warplanes are being prepared at air bases close to the nation’s frontier with North Korea.

There are fears Kim Jong-un’s rogue state will spark a nuclear war after they promised to launch a “super mighty strike” on the US.

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WORLD WAR 3?: Is China preparing for a conflict between North Korea and the US?

Inside North Korea: The pictures Kim Jong-un doesn't want you to see

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Since 2008, photographer Eric Lafforgue ventured to North Korea six times. Thanks to digital memory cards, he was able to save photos that was forbidden to take inside the segregated state

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Taking pictures in the DMZ is easy, but if you come too close to the soldiers, they stop you

“China will try very hard”

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US military sources said there has been an “extraordinary” number of Chinese military aircraft being prepared for conflict.

They said Beijing are trying to “reduce the time to react to a North Korea contingency", they told CNN.

China has already sent 150,000 soldiers towards the border amid fears of a refugee crisis, according to reports.

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CHINA: North Korea and the US are at loggerheads on the Chinese doorstep

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NORTH KOREA: Kim Jong-un is threatening war with the US as he fumes against his 'ally' China

US President Donald Trump appears to have got China on side in the bid to tackle Pyongyang.

Trump met with Chinese premiere Xi Jinping at his Mar-a-Lago resort where the two are understood to have discussed North Korea.

China had traditionally been Kim’s only ally – but now the superpower appears to be bringing down new sanctions on war-mad Pyongyang.

US military forces are carrying out war games in the region with its Max Thunder fighter plane drill alongside South Korea.

Meanwhile, Trump’s armada finally set sail for North Korea after weeks of confusion from the White House.

The world sits on a knife-edge amid fears Kim could detonate a sixth nuclear bomb on April 25 to coincide with North Korea's state celebration Military Foundation Day.

Revealed: Trump's NUCLEAR warship ready to strike Kim Jong-un

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The USS Carl Vinson has been despatched to Korean waters as a show of strength against Kim Jong-un. The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier has seen active duty in both Gulf wars

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The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier is under the command of Captain Douglas C Verissimo

On the northern border of the beggar kingdom, Russian soldiers and tanks are massing prepared for a US-North Korea war.

Vladimir Putin, like China, fears the possibility of a refugee crisis should Trump strike Kim.

North Korea are looking to strike back after they were humiliated by a failed missile test on important state holiday The Day of the Sun.