North Korea warned Tuesday that the U.S. will be destroyed if it chooses to defy the “military giant” led by leader Kim Jong Un.

“In case the U.S. opts for confrontation and war at last, defying the strategic position of the DPRK, nuclear power of Juche and a world military giant, it will meet horrible nuclear strike and miserable and final ruin,” the regime warned through North Korea’s state-owned Central News Agency.