North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected the country’s largest new warship under development on the west coast and called this week’s U.S.-ROK military drills “the clearest expression of a will to provoke a war,” according to state media on Tuesday.

The allies’ annual Ulchi Freedom Shield (UFS) joint exercises “constitute a clearly stated position that unhesitatingly shows their intent to be most hostile and confrontational toward the DPRK,” Kim reportedly said at the Nampho Shipyard on Monday.