North Korea threatens nuclear strike on US

North Korea promised a nuclear strike on the United States if its regime under Kim Jong Un is threatened, according to the nation’s state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). 

KCNA said Tuesday it would deliver a strike on “the heart of the US” if it continues its attempts to denuclearize the rogue nation, CNN reported Tuesday. 

{mosads}The threat came after CIA director Mike Pompeo said last week that the administration was looking to disarm the North Korean regime.

“As for the regime, I am hopeful we will find a way to separate that regime from this system,” Pompeo said. “The North Korean people, I’m sure are lovely people and would love to see him go.” 

According to KCNA, a North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman said, “The DPRK legally stipulates that if the supreme dignity of the DPRK is threatened, it must pre-emptively annihilate those countries and entities that are directly or indirectly involved in it, by mobilizing all kinds of strike means including the nuclear ones.”