Mattis says total annihilation of North Korea possible. US Secretary of Defense James Mattis has raised the threat of the total annihilation of North Korea in the aftermath of an early morning hydrogen bomb test by North Korea. In a terse statement outside the White House on Sunday afternoon, Mattis said that Trump had been briefed on each of the many military options available during a meeting with national security heads. We made it clear that we have the ability to defend ourselves and our allies, South Korea and Japan, from any attack and that our agreements with our allies are iron clad, he said. Any threat to the United States or its territories including Guam, or our allies, will be met with a massive military response, a response both effective and overwhelming. He urged Kim Jong Un to take heed of the UN Security Councils unified objection to the test of the 1.
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