North Korea criticized the United States for pursuing the "absurd and outdated" goal of denuclearization Tuesday, saying that Pyongyang would stick to leader Kim Jong Un's goal of building up its nuclear forces.

A U.S. military official warned that Kim Jong Un is likely capable of a nuclear strike against "targets throughout North America."

Any plan that called for dropping 80 nuclear weapons on any country would have ended in a global catastrophe. W ith news that North Korea is now moving to full-rate production for

North Korea on Tuesday criticized the United States and Asian neighbors for pursuing the "absurd" goal of denuclearizing the North and said it will push to expand its nuclear forces under the direction of its authoritarian leader Kim Jong Un.