MISSILE TESTS: US warns N’Korea, says it’ll be “utterly destroyed” if war breaks out

A day after defiant North Korea led by headstrong leader Kim Jong Un fired it’s first missile since September 15 which it claimed could reach mainland USA, a warning has been issued to Pyongyang.

Speaking through its ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, the US sternly warned North Korea’s leadership saying it would be “utterly destroyed” if war were to break out.

While speaking at an emergency U.N. Security Council meeting, Haley said; “We have never sought war with North Korea, and still today we do not seek it. If war does come, it will be because of continued acts of aggression like we witnessed yesterday … And if war comes, make no mistake, the North Korean regime will be utterly destroyed.”

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According to reports, Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping talked on the phone earlier on Wednesday over Pyongyans latest missile activity.

“Just spoke to President Xi Jinping of China concerning the provocative actions of North Korea. Additional major sanctions will be imposed on North Korea today. This situation will be handled!” Trump wrote on Twitter.

The US Department of Defense after an initial assessment of the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) fired by North Korea said the missile is capable of carrying nuclear warheads and could reach the mainland of the United States.

This is the first time since the month of September, when North Korea fired a ballistic missile over the Japanese island Hokkaido, eventually crashing into the Pacific Ocean.

 

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