North Korea Nuclear threats to USA.

North Korea stepped up its aggressive rhetoric on Tuesday, ordering its rocket and long-range artillery units to be combat ready and on the "highest alert" and issuing new threats against U.S. bases on Hawaii, Guam and mainland America.

Pyongyang warned that U.S. facilities would be "reduced to ashes and flames the moment the first attack is unleashed," according to a military order issued by the pariah state’s military "supreme command."

It was announced that North Korea has now ordered rockets and long-range artillery units to be targeted towards U.S. military bases on Guam, Hawaii and the mainland. Analysts believe the threats are only to bolster the appearance of power for new leader Kim Jong Un.

The U.S. and South Korea have signed a military agreement to combine forces in the event of an attack from North Korea. NBC's Jim Miklaszewski reports.

It comes in response to joint military drills by U.S. and South Korean forces which began in the area early this month and which have seen U.S. bombers flying sorties threatening the North.

 

 

South Korea's defense ministry said it saw no sign of imminent military action by North Korea Tuesday, according to Reuters.

"They need to stop threatening peace on the peninsula," Pentagon spokesman George Little told reporters on Tuesday of North Korea's latest threat. "That doesn't help anyone ... and we stand ready to respond to any contingency,

By Staff writer, NBC News