UPDATE 21:45 EST: Reuters / Yonhap report that the missiles being moved to the East Sea area are mid-range Musudans. Earlier reporting in the South Korean press suggested these missiles were tje KN-08. 

A spokesman of the General Staff of North Korea’s military has declared that it has been given final approval for a nuclear strike, just hours after the United States announced a deployment of missile defense systems to a military base in Guam.

Early this morning KCNA carried a statement by the North Korean General Staff saying they would respond to the “ever-escalating U.S. hostile policy” with “cutting-edge