US, Japan, and South Korea in North Korea's nuclear hit-list: Think tank

A shocking report was releasedon Thursday, enlisting Kim Jong-un's nuclear hit-list and identified 15 cities and landmarks around the world that it believes North Korea is targeting.

A think tank drew up the hit-list after viewing announcements in Pyongyang's state media threateningdeath and destructionon the nation's numerous enemies, UK-basedExpress reported.

According to the list 'US mainland, major cities like New York, Manhattan, The White House, The Pentagon and US military bases in the operational theaters in the Pacific' are some of the top targets.

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The hit-list also mention The White House as one of its targets. (Others)

Other than that, prominent government landmarks like Guam, Kyoto, and Tokyo have made the list.

A robust report, published on Thursday, states that “North Korea lacks a clear distinction between the use of nuclear weapons against military targets and their use against civilian targets.”

"Without certainty that its arsenal could survive the first strike by its enemies, Pyongyang’s deterrence relies on the threat of launching the first strike itself," the report states.

Further, it aims to "predict Pyongyang’s response to different scenarios, and to avoid war, the international community needs to understand how the regime sees its nuclear weapons, and when it would use them."

Major American cities like New York, Manhattan top the list (Others)

The reportalso said that '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.'

The Pentagon, headquarters of the United States Department of Defense is one of the top targets (Others)

Cities in Japan and South Korea such ad Yokosuka, Misawa, Okinawa and Pyeongtaek, Jungwon, Degu, and Gyeryongdae have also made the list respectively.

North Korea carried out its sixth and most powerful nuclear test in early September and has marked a record of 15 missile tests, Daily Mirror reports.

In July, it successfully tested two intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) for the first time, declaring that the US mainland was now within reach.

Trump and the North's leader Kim have exchanged a number of threats in the past, creating concerns another conflict on the peninsula where the 1950-53 Korean War left millions dead.