North Korea threatened the United States "the world unknown weapon"

North Korea threatened the United States to "take decisive response" if Washington cancels planned at the borders of the country international military exercises, scheduled to begin on Monday, 17 of August.

This was reported by a representative of the National Committee for the defense of North Korea.

"The army and people of the DPRK are not those that were before, when they had to confront with rifles of US nuclear weapons," - said a spokesman for the DPRK.

According to him, today, North Korea "has offensive and defensive weapons, previously unknown to the world." Pyongyang also stressed that "if the United States want their continent remained safe," Washington should repeal these international exercises.

South Korea, the United States and other allies conducted joint exercises Ulchi Freedom Guardian. In a joint statement, the two countries stressed that these annual exercises aimed at "increasing the readiness to defend and maintain stability on the Korean peninsula."

US State Department spokesman said that Washington is aware of sounding threats from Pyongyang. He stressed that the planned exercises are "transparent, are defensive in nature and are intended to enhance the combat readiness of South Korea and the region."

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