Crazed North Korean leader threatens apocalyptic nuclear attack ‘ANYWHERE AND ANYTIME’ as US vows to shoot down any ballistic missiles

NUKE mad Kim Jong-un has his finger on the red button and can launch a devastating nuclear attack anytime in 2017, a North Korean official has declared.

The chilling warning was announced last night as the nuclear warlord wannabee toasted his 32nd birthday.

But the doomsday threat was slapped down by US military chiefs who say they are ready to blast Kim's rockets out of the sky. 

As revealed by Sun Online the US has developed mankind’s wackiest looking seagoing vessel ever.

Called the Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX), it is said to be so powerful it could detect a baseball over San Francisco from the other side of the continent.

Its role is to defend against Kim Jong-un's weapons by directing interceptor rockets.

But defiant Kim bragged on New Year's Day that his nuclear-capable country was close to test-launching an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) while promising to “resolutely smash the enemies' despicable and vicious moves”.

A North Korean spokesman said: "The ICBM will be launched anytime and anywhere determined by the supreme headquarters of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

“The US is wholly to blame for pushing the DPRK to have developed ICBM as it has desperately resorted to anachronistic policy, hostile towards the DPRK for decades to encroach its sovereignty and vital rights.

“Anyone who wants to deal with the DPRK would be well advised to secure a new way of thinking after having clear understanding of it.”

Ashton Carter, the US defence secretary, said North Korea's nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles a "serious threat" to the US.

He said United States is prepared to shoot down a North Korean missile launch or test "if it were coming towards our territory or the territory of our friends and allies," Carter said during an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press."

North Korea is one of several flash points that may spark World War 3 in 2017.

Meanwhile Japan is issuing advice to its citizens on how to survive nuclear war.

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