North Korea Warns of Conducting another Nuclear Test Anytime

North Korea warned today that it will carry out a nuclear test any time and at any location set by its leadership.There have been high tensions in the Korean peninsula for weeks, with signs that the North might be preparing a long-range missile launch or a sixth nuclear test -- and with the US refusing to rule out a military strike in response.

However, a spokesman for the North's foreign ministry said Pyongyang was "fully ready to respond to any option taken by the US".

"The DPRK's measures for bolstering the nuclear force to the maximum will be taken in a consecutive and successive way at any moment and any place decided by its supreme leadership."

In the last 11 years, North Korea has carried out five nuclear tests, her dream is to build a missile capable of delivering a warhead to the United States and its believed to be making progress towards that.

Pyongyang's latest attempted show of force was a failed missile test on Saturday.


US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned the UN Security Council last week of "catastrophic consequences" if the world does not act and said that military options for dealing with the North were still "on the table".

US President, Donald Trump, said that if North Korea carries out another nuclear test "I would not be happy," in an interview that aired Sunday on CBS television network's "Face the Nation" programme.




When asked if "not happy" signified "military action", Trump answered: "I don't know. I mean, we'll see."