The rogue nation’s nuclear arsenal is held under the control of the Strategic Rocket Forces, just outside Pyongyang, where some 1,000 ballistic missiles are believed to be stored.
And chubby dictator Kim Jong-Un has ramped up tests in recent weeks as North Korea seeks to solidify its position as a global nuclear power.
Although many of the shorter-range weapons can reach between 30 miles and 300 miles, the rotund tyrant has also threatened to strike the US.
And Washington intelligence officials confirmed North Korea could strap a nuclear warhead to an intercontinental missile to reach mainland America.
Now Express.co.uk reveals exactly how deadly North Korea could actually be – and whether Britain is at risk:
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What is North Korea’s missile range:
Much of North Korea’s early missiles were copies of Russian scud-class weapons, but Kim long-Un has heavily invested in developing its own advanced arsenal.
Eastern China, South Korea and Japan would be in the immediate firing line if North Korea fired either a Scud missile with 180 to 600 mile range, a KN-11 with about 600 mile range or a Nodong missile with a range of 800 miles.
The rogue nation has had this capability for decades however, but so far has not used them.
A Musudan missile could reach even further, with a 2,200 mile range affecting swathes of Russia and China – the hermit state’s only remaining ally.
The Hwasong-12 missile can reach countries within a 3,000 mile radius, able to reach most of Russia, China, Japan, and eastern India – along with Guam.
But the tyrannical regimes most deadly weapon is the Hwasong-14 and the Hwasong-13 – which have ranges of more than 6,000 miles.
Experts claim it is capable of reaching “anywhere in the world” and the tests have shown the weapons to be “far more successful than expected”.
The missiles would be able to hit Alaska in mainland America as well as Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Europe.
North Korea’s most advanced rockets are now believed to be able to reach virtually all of the continental United States, with only the Florida peninsula presently beyond their range.
Could North Korea hit Britain with a nuclear weapon:
The Hwasong-13 intercontinental ballistic missile that was last tested in October 2016 is understood to have a range of 7,450 miles and is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead.
While the Hwasong-14 was successfully launched on a lofted trajectory in early July and is estimated to have an effective range of 6,210 miles.
In the last two years, however, the North Korean military has stepped up its test launches of a number of new missile variants, demonstrating with the most recent launches that they can travel more than 7,400 miles.
That range is sufficient to put London – which is 5,380 miles from North Korea – within range.