A beaming Kim Jong-Un celebrated his country’s latest missile launch and said he aims to reach an ‘equilibrium’ of military force with the United States.
Kim was seen laughing as he watched the missile fly from a moving launcher in photos released by official agency KCNA, surrounded by several officials.
‘Our final goal is to establish the equilibrium of real force with the U.S. and make the U.S. rulers dare not talk about military option,’ he said in an official news release.
Kim was seen laughing as he watched the missile fly from a moving launcher in photos released by official agency KCNA, surrounded by several officials
![Kim celebrated his country's latest missile launch(pictured) and said he aims to reach an 'equilibrium' of military force with the United States](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/09/16/01/4454236B00000578-4889888-image-a-10_1505522659554.jpg)
Kim celebrated his country’s latest missile launch(pictured) and said he aims to reach an ‘equilibrium’ of military force with the United States
![North Korea has launched dozens of missiles under Kim's leadership as it pursues a program designed to give it the ability to target the US with a nuclear-tipped missile](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/09/16/01/44541D2400000578-4889888-image-a-11_1505522678691.jpg)
North Korea has launched dozens of missiles under Kim’s leadership as it pursues a program designed to give it the ability to target the US with a nuclear-tipped missile
‘The combat efficiency and reliability of Hwasong-12 were thoroughly verified.
North Korea has launched dozens of missiles under Kim’s leadership as it pursues a program designed to give it the ability to target the US with a nuclear-tipped missile.
After the latest launch on Friday, White House National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster said the USA was running out of patience with North Korea.
‘We’ve been kicking the can down the road, and we’re out of road,’ McMaster said.
‘For those … who have been commenting on a lack of a military option, there is a military option.’
Also on Friday, the U.N. Security Council condemned the ‘highly provocative’ missile launch by North Korea.
![After the latest launch on Friday, White House National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster said the USA was running out of patience with North Korea](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/09/16/01/44541D2E00000578-4889888-image-a-12_1505522691643.jpg)
After the latest launch on Friday, White House National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster said the USA was running out of patience with North Korea
![Also on Friday, the U.N. Security Council condemned the 'highly provocative' missile launch by North Korea](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/09/16/01/44541D1E00000578-4889888-image-a-13_1505522694773.jpg)
Also on Friday, the U.N. Security Council condemned the ‘highly provocative’ missile launch by North Korea
![It had already stepped up sanctions against North Korea in response to a nuclear bomb test on September 3](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/09/16/01/4454190A00000578-4889888-image-a-14_1505522697399.jpg)
It had already stepped up sanctions against North Korea in response to a nuclear bomb test on September 3
It had already stepped up sanctions against North Korea in response to a nuclear bomb test on September 3.
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, echoed McMaster’s strong rhetoric.
‘What we are seeing is, they are continuing to be provocative, they are continuing to be reckless and at that point there’s not a whole lot the Security Council is going to be able to do from here, when you’ve cut 90 percent of the trade and 30 percent of the oil,’ she said.
North Korea’s latest test missile flew over Hokkaido in northern Japan on Friday and landed in the Pacific about 1,240 miles to the east, the Japanese government said.
![North Korea's latest test missile flew over Hokkaido in northern Japan on Friday and landed in the Pacific about 1,240 miles to the east, the Japanese government said](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/09/16/01/4454197600000578-4889888-image-a-15_1505522701916.jpg)
North Korea’s latest test missile flew over Hokkaido in northern Japan on Friday and landed in the Pacific about 1,240 miles to the east, the Japanese government said
![It travelled 2,300 miles in total, according to South Korea's military, far enough to reach the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam, which the North has threatened before](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/09/16/01/4454170A00000578-4889888-image-a-17_1505522706537.jpg)
It travelled 2,300 miles in total, according to South Korea’s military, far enough to reach the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam, which the North has threatened before
![On Thursday, U.S. Secretary of State Tillerson called on China, Pyongyang's only ally, and Russia to apply pressure on North Korea by 'taking direct actions of their own'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/09/16/01/445418AA00000578-4889888-image-a-16_1505522704956.jpg)
On Thursday, U.S. Secretary of State Tillerson called on China, Pyongyang’s only ally, and Russia to apply pressure on North Korea by ‘taking direct actions of their own’
It travelled 2,300 miles in total, according to South Korea’s military, far enough to reach the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam, which the North has threatened before.
On Thursday, U.S. Secretary of State Tillerson called on China, Pyongyang’s only ally, and Russia to apply pressure on North Korea by ‘taking direct actions of their own.’
Beijing has pushed back, urging Washington to do more to rein in North Korea.
‘Honestly, I think the United States should be doing .. much more than now, so that there’s real effective international cooperation on this issue,’ China’s ambassador to the United States, Cui Tiankai, said on Friday.
![On Thursday, U.S. Secretary of State Tillerson called on China, Pyongyang's only ally, and Russia to apply pressure on North Korea by 'taking direct actions of their own.' Pictured: Kim watches the missile launch](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/09/16/01/4454148800000578-4889888-image-a-18_1505522712007.jpg)
On Thursday, U.S. Secretary of State Tillerson called on China, Pyongyang’s only ally, and Russia to apply pressure on North Korea by ‘taking direct actions of their own.’ Pictured: Kim watches the missile launch
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Beijing has pushed back, urging Washington to do more to rein in North Korea