North Korea all done fukking around
Washington, 9 June (WashingtonTV)—North Korea on Tuesday warned that it would use its nuclear weapons in a “merciless offensive” if provoked, raising already tense ties between the reclusive state and the international community.
The threat comes as the United Nations Security Council is working to impose additional sanctions against the North, to punish it for its nuclear test on 25 May.
“Our nuclear deterrent will be a strong defensive means … as well as a merciless offensive means to deal a just retaliatory strike to those who touch the country’s dignity and sovereignty even a bit,” the state-run Minju Joson newspaper said, according to the Associated Press.
On Monday, the North’s main Rodong Sinmum daily said that the country will consider any sanctions a declaration of war, and would respond with “self-defense measures”.
Meanwhile, the top US intelligence official warned yesterday that North Korea’s recent nuclear and missile tests and questions over who will succeed the country’s leader makes for a “potentially dangerous mixture”.
Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair said that while North Korea’s recent behavior was following a “familiar pattern”, it was now testing potentially devastating weapons.
“The level of risk is higher,” he said late Monday at an event in Washington, according to the Bloomberg news network.
South Korean media reported last week that Pyongyang appears to be assembling a long-range missile, which could possibly reach Alaska.
They had also reported that North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-Il, had named his third son, Jong Un, to replace him.
“Any time you have a combination of this behavior of doing provocative things in order to excite a response, plus succession question, you have a pretty dangerous, potentially dangerous mixture,” said Blair.
US President Barack Obama said on Saturday that the North’s actions were “extraordinarily provocative” and vowed that its behavior would not be rewarded.
The threat comes as the United Nations Security Council is working to impose additional sanctions against the North, to punish it for its nuclear test on 25 May.
“Our nuclear deterrent will be a strong defensive means … as well as a merciless offensive means to deal a just retaliatory strike to those who touch the country’s dignity and sovereignty even a bit,” the state-run Minju Joson newspaper said, according to the Associated Press.
On Monday, the North’s main Rodong Sinmum daily said that the country will consider any sanctions a declaration of war, and would respond with “self-defense measures”.
Meanwhile, the top US intelligence official warned yesterday that North Korea’s recent nuclear and missile tests and questions over who will succeed the country’s leader makes for a “potentially dangerous mixture”.
Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair said that while North Korea’s recent behavior was following a “familiar pattern”, it was now testing potentially devastating weapons.
“The level of risk is higher,” he said late Monday at an event in Washington, according to the Bloomberg news network.
South Korean media reported last week that Pyongyang appears to be assembling a long-range missile, which could possibly reach Alaska.
They had also reported that North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-Il, had named his third son, Jong Un, to replace him.
“Any time you have a combination of this behavior of doing provocative things in order to excite a response, plus succession question, you have a pretty dangerous, potentially dangerous mixture,” said Blair.
US President Barack Obama said on Saturday that the North’s actions were “extraordinarily provocative” and vowed that its behavior would not be rewarded.
Give me the US for the max 
