North Korea conducts nuclear tests, spews rhetoric

North Korea’s dictator Kim Jong-un has warned that the country must be prepared to conduct nuclear attacks at any time to deter war. The drastic call came in response to the US and South Korea’s joint military drills involving American nuclear assets.

The state-run KCNA media reported today that the North Korean leader spent the weekend overseeing exercises readying their “war deterrence and nuclear counterattack capability.” Kim observed a test and said the drills were necessary to ensure the military was ready for any “immediate and overwhelming nuclear counterattack.”

During the exercises, the North Korean military simulated a tactical nuclear attack and successfully destroyed their target. They launched a ballistic missile equipped…