Rodong Sinmun Tuesday says this in a bylined commentary.

It is the sinister scenario of the U.S. to lay a strategic siege to the Asian continent, disturb peace and stability in the region and, through this, establish domination over the Asia-Pacific region, the commentary says, and goes on:

The "missile threat from the north" touted by the U.S. is nothing but a pretext to establish a missile defense system.

With no rhetoric can the U.S. justify its moves to spark a new missile race in the region while trumpeting about peace and stability in Northeast Asia.

Owing to the moves to extend the missile range in south Korea, the Korean nation can hardly escape an all-out war on the Korean Peninsula.

The army and the people of the DPRK will bolster up its deterrent in every way as they had already declared, now that the U.S. and the south Korean puppet forces are seeking to strike all parts of the north with missiles.

If they fire even a single missile at the territory of the north, they will never be able to escape its army's missile strike.