North Korea is warning the United States it’s “ready for war,” following the Pentagon’s decision to send an aircraft carrier, known as the Carl Vinson, and three guided-missile destroyers and cruisers to the Korean Peninsula. A North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesperson told the state-run news agency, “We will hold the U.S. wholly accountable for the catastrophic consequences to be entailed by its outrageous actions. [North Korea] is ready to react to any mode of war desired by the U.S.”