North Korea army capable of striking US bases in mainland Japan The threat came a day after North Korea condemned the B-52 flights as an "unpardonable provocation" and threatened military action if they continue. North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un has daughter claims Dennis Rodman "We cannot tolerate the US carrying out nuclear strike drills, setting us as targets, and advertising them as strong warning messages," a spokesman for the North's supreme army command said today. North Korea "behind South Korea's computer crash' U.N. Security Council approves expanded sanctions against North Korea just after Pyongyang threatens the U.S. with a preemptive nuclear strike. This undated photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) shows Korean People's Army soldiers holding a military drill in an undisclosed location.