North Korea will soon be able to blackmail Donald Trump with the ability to strike anywhere in the United States with a nuclear weapon, according to former US ambassador John Bolton.
North Korea once again sparked fear of World War 3 after deciding to ignore international sanctions and continue its ICBM tests.
He told Fox News: “From all that we can see, North Korea is very close to a point where they can deliver thermonuclear weapons to any target they want in the continental United States.
“Obviously, once they achieve that point the odds of us doing anything militarily approach zero because of the risk of retaliation against us.”
On Sunday, Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said: “Nato is able to respond to any attack, including ballistic and nuclear attacks.”
The second day of US military drills took place from South Korea on Tuesday, with 230 aircraft taking part in the operation called Vigilant Ace.
The Korean Central News Agency responded saying the US and South Korea “will pay dearly for their provocations”.
It added the US is “begging for nuclear war by staging an extremely dangerous nuclear gamble on the Korean peninsula”.
Mr Bolton warned: “There isn’t a lot of time to fool around.
“There is not much of a margin of error if we are going to use military force.
“If we don’t then you have a North Korea that can extort and blackmail the United States and sell this technology around the world.”
Photos of North Korea’s latest missile launch were revealed after the rogue nation fired its highest-ever ICBM.