US Will ‘Take Action’ if North Korea Tests Missiles, Official Says

North Korean soldiers (top) look toward the South as a South Korean soldier (bottom) stands guard at the truce village of Panmunjom inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, on Aug. 28, 2019. Kim Hong-ji/AFP via Getty Images

A White House official has said that Washington will “take action” if Pyongyang tests a long-range or nuclear missile, adding that the United States would be “extraordinarily disappointed” if that took place.

The United States has “a lot of tools” in its toolkit to deal with North Korea, White House national security adviser Robert O’Brien said in a Dec. 29 interview with ABC News. Washington is concerned over Pyongyang’s recent threats of a “Christmas gift,” he said, noting that they’re still monitoring the situation closely.