North Korea will pursue the development of inter-continental ballistic missiles and first strike capability, an envoy has said.
The Pyongyang official said his country has nothing to fear from any threats by the US that it will broaden sanctions.
Instead, Choe Myong-Nam warned, North Korea will accelerate its nuclear and missile programme.
It comes after the country released a propaganda video purporting to show a US aircraft carrier on fire.
Mr Choe, deputy ambassador at the DPRK (North Korean) mission to the United Nations in Geneva, told Reuters his country would work towards developing the sort of nuclear capability that allowed it to strike at an enemy first.
It would also aim to build a long-range missile that had the potential to hit targets on other continents.
In the last few weeks, the US has held joint military exercises with South Korea which America says are defensive.
President Trump said soon after taking office that he would not let North Korea possess a weapon that could threaten the US.
A senior US official in Washington said on Monday that the Trump administration is considering sweeping sanctions as part of measures to counter North Korea's nuclear and missile threat.
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