National security threat

Kim Jong-un's hit list revealed: North Korea's top 15 targets for a nuclear strike include The White House, Manhattan and Tokyo

Kim Jong-un's nuclear hit list includes major US cities and specifically names The White House and The Pentagon, it has been revealed. 

A report by the think tank European Commission of Foreign Relations shows a list of 15 North Korean targets.

As well as the iconic governmental landmarks, Manhattan, Guam, Kyoto and Tokyo are all earmarked by the hermit kingdom.

The research, published yesterday, stated: 'From the North Korean sources, one can compile a list of possible targets for a nuclear strike.

'Pyongyang repeatedly threatens both US bases in the Asia-Pacific and cities on the US mainland, while the media repeats the threat that North Korean "strategic forces" are ready at any time to strike the US mainland, their stronghold, their military bases in the operational theatres in the Pacific, including Hawaii and Guam, and those in South Korea.