US warns N. Korea: Any use of nuclear weapons will be met with massive military response

The United States has warned North Korea that any use of nuclear weapons by Pyongyang will receive a large-scale military response from Washington. 

US Defense Secretary James Mattis has stated abut the aforesaid, according to Reuters news agency.

“Make no mistake - any attack on the United States, or our allies, will be defeated,” Mattis said. “And any use of nuclear weapons by the North will be met with a massive military response that is both effective and overwhelming.”