North Korea on Thursday threatened the United States with a preemptive nuclear strike.<br/> <br />The increased rhetoric comes as the UN Security Council is considering new sanctions against the reclusive state.<br/> <br />North Korea has accused the United States of using military drills in South Korea as a launch pad for a nuclear war - and has scrapped the armistice that ended hostilities in 1953.<br/> <br />A newsreader on North Korea's state broadcaster KRT read out the foreign ministry statement.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Korean) UNIDENTIFIED KRT NEWSREADER SAYING:<br/> <br />"Since the United States is about to ignite a nuclear war, we will be exercising our right to preemptive nuclear attack against the headquarters of the aggressor in order to protect our supreme interest."<br/> <br />North Korea, though, threatens the United States and South Korea on a daily basis - and it's widely believed they don't have the capability to launch a nuclear strike on the U.S. mainland.<br/> <br />The United States has about 30,0
