Following Trump's threat, North Korea says the US could face a 'terrible nuclear attack'.
North Korea threatens the US again, adding that it is ready to "destroy enemy bases" with a preemptive strike if they show "any slight sign of provocation"; "If the US chooses confrontation...they will face a terrible nuclear attack and a miserable and final collapse," Pyongyang states; on Tuesday (19) US President Donald Trump, speaking before the UN, had threatened Pyongyang with "total destruction" in the event of an attack on the US or its allies.
Sputnik - North Korea has again threatened the US, adding that it is ready to "destroy enemy bases" with a preemptive strike if they show "any slight sign of provocation."
North Korea, which has become the most powerful nuclear nation despite unprecedented difficulties and challenges, is not afraid of sanctions, pressure, or war," North Korean officials were quoted as saying by the KCNA news agency.
Pyongyang says it is ready to "destroy enemy bases with a preemptive and resolute strike," RT reports, citing a publication from the North Korean central news agency.
"If the US chooses confrontation...it will face a terrible nuclear attack and a miserable, final collapse," Pyongyang states.
According to KCNA, North Korea had access to everything and obtained everything it could despite sanctions and blockades by hostile forces.
Earlier on Tuesday (19) US President Donald Trump, speaking before the UN, had threatened Pyongyang with "total destruction" in the event of an attack on the US or its allies.
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"We may have no other option but to totally destroy North Korea," Trump said, calling North Korean leader Kim Jong-un "Rocket Man" on a suicide mission.
On the same day, US Secretary of Defense James Mattis announced that Washington and Seoul were "discussing the option" of installing nuclear missiles in South Korea.