Will North Korea Act On Its Threats?

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un talks with officials at the ballistic rocket launch drill of the Strategic Force of the Korean People's Army (KPA) at an unknown location, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on March 11, 2016. REUTERS/KCNA

Washington Free Beacon: U.S. Says North Korea Rhetoric a Prelude to Attack

New long-range missile or nuclear tests likely.

Escalating threats from North Korea’s communist regime are indicators of a future military attack or another nuclear test in the coming days, according to a recent U.S. intelligence assessment.

Intelligence agencies issued the assessment last week warning that threatening rhetoric from Pyongyang in response to large-scale U.S.-South Korean military exercises and new U.N. sanctions had reached the highest level in years.

The unclassified assessment circulated within government states that the intense language suggests North Korea is preparing for a surprise military strike or a demonstration of strategic capability, such as a new long-range missile test or underground nuclear blast, according to U.S. officials familiar with the report.

On Sunday, North Korean state news media warned its missiles could destroy New York City in a thermonuclear attack.

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Update #1: North Korea leader says will soon conduct nuclear warhead test: KCNA (Reuters)
Update #2: North Korea leader orders nuclear warhead test, missile launches (AFP)

WNU Editor: I expect more of the same .... nuclear and missile tests.