North Korea threatened a pre-amptive nuclear strike on the United States after UN unanimously approved sanctions against Pyongyang because of its recent nucelar test. North Korea justifies this threat by the statement that US is pushing to start a war and that they have right to take pre-amptive measures:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21701020
White House responded with assurance that the US is able to protect itself against any North Korean nucelar attack:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/03/07/north-korea-nuclear-threat/1969965/
Just saw this -- an interesting brief analysis of whether, how and when North Korea might actually be able to attack the U.S. with a missile. Short version: They can't yet.
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