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North Korea claimed Friday to have tested an underwater attack drone capable of unleashing a "super-scale radioactive tsunami" if armed with a nuclear warhead. The brazen claim — which many experts doubt  — was part of the Kim Jong Un regime's angry response to the latest joint war games by the U.S. and South Korean militaries.

The North released pictures of Kim admiring what the

North Korea has claimed that nearly 800,000 of its citizens have volunteered to join the military or get re-listed to “wipe-out war maniacs” US and South Korea, state reports from the isolated country said on Saturday.

"The soaring enthusiasm of young people to join the army is a demonstration of the unshakeable will of the younger generation to mercilessly wipe out the war maniacs

North Korea said Friday it test-fired long-range cruise missiles in waters off its eastern coast a day earlier, adding to a provocative streak in weapons demonstrations as its rivals step up military training.

The U.S. and South Korean militaries didn’t immediately confirm the exercise, which North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency said were intended to verify the reliability

North Korea’s parade of 11 intercontinental ballistic missiles through the streets of Pyongyang this week put on display a force that analysts say is capable of overwhelming the systems the U.S. military has put up to defend the homeland.

But the progress made by North Korean armorers raises an economic question in addition to the strategic one: How is the world’s richest country