Report says North Korea’s nuclear target list includes White House

A report compiled by the European Council on Foreign Relations lists what are, according to inside sources, North Korea’s top missile-strike targets.

They include the United States mainland at large and specifically the White House, the Pentagon, and Manhattan.

The intelligence gathered by the council also suggests that nuclear weapons could be used to attack each of those sites.

Under what circumstances North Korea would launch a nuclear missile is unclear, as, according to the report, “Unlike other nuclear-armed states, [it] has not published a clear official statement setting out its nuclear doctrine – the circumstances under which it would launch a strike.”

The council further notes that the reclusive country may believe striking first would be to its advantage due to the slim chances that its regime would remain intact if the U.S. were the first to attack.

Tensions between the two countries have intensified in recent times, and North Korea recently gave a forceful response to the U.S. for re-listing it as a state sponsor of terrorism.

A spokesperson for North Korea told one of the nation’s state-sponsored news outlets, “This is a serious provocation and a violent infringement upon our dignified country,” and noted its civilians and military are, “hardening their will to settle all accounts with those gangsters at any time in any way.”

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