North Korea has threatened to carry out an 'indiscriminate... pre-emptive strike of justice' against the U.S. and the South if the allies push ahead with a planned military drill on Monday.
The North's powerful National Defence Commission, citing the Supreme Command of the Korean People's Army (KPA), made the threat just days after leader Kim Jong-Un ordered the country's nuclear arsenal to be placed on standby for use 'at any moment'.
However, the secretive state's ability to follow through on such a threat is not known as, while North is known to have a small stockpile of nuclear warheads, experts are divided about its ability to mount them on a working missile delivery system.
The North's powerful National Defence Commission made the threat to strike U.S. and South just days after leader Kim Jong-Un ordered the country's nuclear arsenal to be placed on standby for use 'at any moment'
Kim Jong-un orders North Korea's nuclear weapons to be readied
Pyongyang has issued dire warnings of nuclear attack in the past, usually during periods of elevated military tensions of the Korean peninsula.
The order to place the country's arsenal on stand-by came in response to tough new UN sanctions imposed over the North's fourth nuclear test in January and last month's long-range rocket launch.
Today's statement was released ahead of the annual military drill carried out by South Korean and American troops in the neighbouring country.
Credit to Dailymail.co.uk
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