And any use of nuclear weapons by the North will be met with a massive military response that is both effective and overwhelming," Mattis said. "I cannot imagine a condition under which the United States can accept North Korea as a nuclear power," Mattis told a news conference. "If it remains on its current path of ballistic missiles and atomic bombs, it will be counter-productive," Mattis said, adding North Korea would be "reducing its security." During Mattis' trip to the inter-Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on Friday, he was briefed on the posture of North Korean artillery. Still, Mattis reaffirmed to reporters in South Korea that military options do exist to deal with the North Korean threat that spare the South's capital, Seoul.

Source: bd News24 October 28, 2017 04:52 UTC