A nuclear war with the US is an established fact and the only question is when it will break out, a North Korean spokesman said last night.

In response to a huge US military exercise over South Korea, the rogue state said: ‘We will make the US dearly pay the consequences with our mighty nuclear force.’ 

North Korea also claimed that ‘bellicose remarks’ from high-ranking US officials, including CIA Director Mike Pompeo, make war inevitable.

Pompeo said Saturday that US intelligence agencies believe North Korean leader Kim Jong Un doesn’t understand how tenuous his situation is domestically and internationally.