North Korea has threatened to launch nuclear attack on the United States if it attempts to illegally effect the removal of Kim Jong Un as the Supreme Leader. The threat followed a statement credited to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director, Mike Pompeo. Pompeo had reportedly stated that the Donald Trump's administration needed to find a way to separate Kim from his nuclear programme.
"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."
The Pyongyang's state-run Korean News Agency (KCNA) described Pompeo statement as an act of agression. It quoted the spokesman of the North Korean Foreign Ministry as saying "The DPRK legally stipulates that if the supreme dignity of the DPRK is threatened, it must preemptively annihilate those countries and entities that are directly or indirectly involved in it, by mobilizing all kinds of strike means including the nuclear ones"
"Should the US dare to show even the slightest sign of attempt to remove our supreme leadership, we will strike a merciless blow at the heart of the US with our powerful nuclear hammer, honed and hardened over time," the statement added
