North Korea, which regularly threatens to strike the United States with its nuclear arsenal, on Friday accused the U.S. of exaggerating its missile capabilities.

The North’s Korean Central News Agency accused the U.S. of a “sneaky plot” designed to justify its continued presence on the Korean Peninsula “on the pretext of threats” from the North.

The KCNA commentary singled out the recent delay in the transfer of wartime operational control (OPCON) of South Korea’s armed forces, as well as U.S. hopes that the South will agree to its Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system.

The U.S. recently agreed to