TOKYO: The United States will make full use of its military capabilities, "including nuclear, conventional and missile defense," to defend its allies Japan and South Korea, United States Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said on Tuesday as she warned North Korea against escalating its provocations.

Sherman said North Korea's repeated firings of ballistic missiles and artillery in recent weeks were provocative military actions. Pyongyang has described them as practice runs for the use of tactical nuclear weapons.

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