More nuke rants from North Korea

NORTH KOREA issued another threat of nuclear annihilation against the U.S. on Thursday, vowing to unleash an “unimaginable strike at an unimaginable time.”

The warning comes as American military forces conduct joint naval exercises with South Korea — and as top U.S. officials warned the rogue regime’s nuclear capabilities are close to being perfected.

“They are close enough now in their capabilities that from a U.S. policy perspective we ought to behave as if we are on the cusp of them achieving” their objective of being able to strike the United States, CIA Director Mike Pompeo told a national security forum in Washington. But he said there’s a difference between having the ability to fire a single nuclear missile and the capability of producing large amounts of fissile material and developing an arsenal of such weapons.

Speaking later at the same event — organized by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies think tank — National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster said, “We are in a race to resolve this short of military action.”

The North Korean government, meanwhile, continued ratcheting up its threats and targeted President Trump directly.

“The rabid man in the White House … will first face the immense volley of nuclear fire if he hopes to settle (this) confrontation with nukes,” North Korean state news agency KCNA said.