The Democratic People's Republic of Korea announced Tuesday that it has ordered?strategic rocket and long-range artillery units into combat posture directed at the U.S. mainland, Hawaii and Guam.

The Supreme Command of the Korean People's Army was quoted by the official KCNA news agency as saying that all artillery troops, including strategic rocket units and long-range artillery units, were to be put under class-A combat posture to target enemy objects in the United States.