Amid U.S. Military Action in South Korea, North Korea Threatens Overwhelming Nuclear Force

On Thursday, the North Korean government suggested that it could resort to nuclear options should U.S. military force in South Korea continue with its martial exercises.

“The military and political situation in the Korean peninsula and the region has reached an extremely dangerous phase due to the reckless military confrontations and hostile acts of the U.S. and its vassal forces,” The North Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated this in a statement on Thursday. 

“The U.S. is now working hard to ‘demonize’ the DPRK, spreading again all sorts of rumors,” According to the ministry, “Meanwhile, it, together with its vassal forces, is intensifying the full-scale offensive for putting pressure on the DPRK in all aspects including ‘human rights’, sanctions and military affairs.”

According to the ministry, the autocratic country was declared. “has a clear counteraction strategy capable of coping with any short- and long-term scenarios attempted by the U.S.” And that of the North Korean military forces “will strongly control the present and future potential challenges with the most overwhelming nuclear force.”

According to estimates, the dictatorship has nearly forty nuclear weapons. It also has the capacity to produce several more each year.