US Warns North Korea Against Nuclear Attack [Video]

A nuclear strike by Kim Jong Un would spell the end of his regime, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Wednesday as the North Korean leader carried out a fresh intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launch.

Austin and his South Korean counterpart Kim Yong-hyun, in Washington for the 56th U.S.-South Korean Security Consultative Meeting, called their alliance “the linchpin of peace, stability, and prosperity on the Korean Peninsula,” according to a post-conference joint communiqué.

The pair expressed “grave concern” over North Korea’s continued expansion and modernization of its ballistic missile and nuclear programs and condemned Kim’s frequent missile launches, spy satellite launch attempts, and sanction-busting arms shipments to Russia.

Austin reaffirmed Washington’s unwavering commitment to South …