(FOX NEWS) SEOUL, South Korea –  North Korea warned Thursday it plans to conduct more long-range rocket launches and carry out a “high-level” nuclear test targeted at the United States in response to a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning its December rocket launch and expanding sanctions.
The National Defense Commission, North Korea’s top military body, denounced Tuesday’s U.N. Â resolution to censure and sanction the regime for conducting missile activity that violates U.N. rules, according to a Reuters report.
The commission reaffirmed in its declaration that December’s rocket launch was a peaceful bid to send a satellite into space, but also said the country’s rocket launches have a military purpose: to strike and attack the United States.
