in syria and dropped a massive bomb on isis forces in afghanistan. are these isolated military moves or does it add up to a foreign policy doctrine for president trump? cnn global affairs correspondent elise labott has a look. reporter: tonight, new warnings from china, as tensions rise with north korea, the chinese foreign minister warning that if war breaks out, quote, there will be losses on all sides. russia, iran and syria also issue warnings to the u.s. against new strikes in syria. the threats follow president trump s decision to launch two major military strikes in afghanistan and syria. we have the greatest military in the world, and they ve done a job as usual. we ve given them total authorization. that s what they re doing. frankly, that s why they ve been so successful lately. reporter: the display of
jong-un if war to break out between the two countries. cnn s brian todd joins us with more. south korea apparently has been practicing for this? reporter: that s right. practicing, drawing up plans. tonight the south koreans are accelerating those plans. tensions are so high on the korean peninsula tonight that both nations now have plans in place to kill each other s leaders if war breaks out. kim jong-un tonight is dealing with a direct potential threat to his own life, a special south korean military brigade whose mission is to kill him. a south korean defense ministry official tells cnn his country is speeding up plans to create what some call a decapitation unit. the official says the team would be activated only if war breaks out and would target north korea s war-time command led by kim. it s hard for me to imagine a commando raid given the enormous killing power and density of the north korean people s army. likely what we saw in the iraq war against saddam s immediate
korea, chinese foreign minister warning that if war breaks out, quote, there will be losses on all sides. russia, iran and syria also issue warnings to the u.s. against new strikes in syria. the threats follow president trump s decision to launch two major military strikes. in afghanistan and syria. we have the greatest military in the world and they have done the job as usual. so we have given them total authorization and that s what they are doing. and frankly, that s why they ve been so successful lately. the display of military might, a message to u.s. enemies and their supporters and what is quickly becoming a hall mark of trump s emerging foreign policy. president trump has given much more lee way to military commanders to strike and their s striking. i think that does send a message around the world that america s back. unbelievable. it s an about-face from the candidate who promised a national security strategy that