“North Korea prepared to respond to any nuclear attack”

North Korea is prepared to respond to any nuclear attack by the United States in kind, the country’s number two official said Saturday.

“We’re prepared to respond to an all-out war with an all-out war and we are ready to hit back with nuclear attacks of our own style against any nuclear attacks,” Choe Ryong-Hae said in a speech at a ceremony before a large military parade started, which was broadcast live by the North’s Korean Central TV.