U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Saturday that the threat of a nuclear missile attack by North Korea is accelerating. “North Korea has accelerated the threat that it poses to its neighbors and the world through its illegal and unnecessary missile and nuclear weapons programs,” Mattis said. MATTIS: US WILL NOT ACCEPT A NUCLEAR NORTH KOREAMattis said North Korea would be vastly overmatched by the firepower and cohesiveness of the decades-old U.S.-South Korean alliance. MATTIS STRESSES DIPLOMACY IN VISIT TO KOREAN DEMILITARIZED ZONEThis was Mattis's second visit to South Korea since taking office in January. On Friday he visited the Demilitarized Zone that forms an official buffer between the two Koreas.

Source: Fox News October 28, 2017 15:45 UTC