Officials at the Ministry of National Defense of the People’s Republic of China are refuting a report about that China mobilizing air force bombers and on “high alert” of the tension over the Korean Peninsula.

“The reports are not true,” said the statement.

Chinese forces are keeping their standard operational readiness and conducting normal training along the border between China and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), according to a statement from the Information Bureau of China’s Ministry of National Defense.

Early, the CNN reported that the United States has also seen an extraordinary number of Chinese military aircraft being brought up to full readiness as part of a military posture adjustment to increase its ability to respond.