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Message: <blockquote data-quote="D.shan" data-source="post: 16944417" data-attributes="member: 378369">N. Korea threatens nuclear strike on White House <img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/pD7NJMa5zpyOe5TRdmOVOw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTY2ODtweW9mZj0wO3E9NzU7dz05NjA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/3e22139f9b0e964787ec719c73b1e85064b8c8ee.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Seoul (AFP) - A top-ranking North Korean military official has  threatened a nuclear strike on the White House and Pentagon after  accusing Washington of raising military tensions on the Korean  peninsula.The threat came from Hwang Pyong-So, director of the military's General  Political Bureau, during a speech to a large military rally in Pyongyang  Sunday on the anniversary of the armistice that ended the 1950-53  Korean War.  Hwang, who holds the rank of vice marshal in the Korean People's Army,  said a recent series of South Korea-US military drills, one of which  included the deployment of a nuclear-powered US aircraft carrier, had  ramped up tensions.  "If the US imperialists threaten our sovereignty and survival... our  troops will fire our nuclear-armed rockets at the White House and the  Pentagon -- the sources of all evil," Hwang said in his speech broadcast  Monday on state television.  It is not the first time that North Korea's bellicose rhetoric has  included threats of nuclear strikes on the continental United States and  US bases in the Pacific.  But most experts believe it is still a long way from developing a viable  intercontinental ballistic missile with the required range.  <img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/VdqRHi34C1JmYBqkY5JpOw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTY3NztweW9mZj0wO3E9NzU7dz05NjA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/9d015301fef67b08591f7cb2aa1eb05e16f61ee4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />The North has conducted three nuclear tests, but is not thought to have  mastered the miniaturisation techniques necessary for mounting a warhead  on a missile.It does possess a range of short-and mid-range missiles capable of  striking South Korea and Japan, and has conducted a series of test  firings into the Sea of Japan (East Sea) in recent weeks.  The latest test on Saturday -- guided by the leader Kim Jong-Un --  simulated a short-range missile strike on South Korea where 28,500 US  troops are stationed, the North's state media said.  It defied censure by the UN Security Council which officially condemned  Pyongyang on July 17 over the recent tests as violations of UN  resolutions prohibiting the North from using ballistic missile  technology.  illan kannai hadanne <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/dull.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":dull:" title="Dull    :dull:" data-shortname=":dull:" /></blockquote>

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