N. Korea threatens to boast 'nuclear deterrence'

North Korea threatened on Friday to boast its "nuclear deterrence" if the United States continues to make "nuclear threats" against the communist nation, a possible warning of an additional nuclear test or long-range rocket launch.

The so-called nuclear threats from the U.S. have long been the basis for North Korea's development of nuclear weapons.

"If the U.S.'s nuclear threats and blackmail continue, the struggle of our military and people to strengthen our self-defensive nuclear deterrence will continue, and the (U.S.) should bear in mind that additional steps to display that might will also follow," the North's powerful National Defense Commission said in a statement.
[link to www.koreatimes.co.kr]