‘Make The United States Acutely Aware’: North Korea Lines Up Hundreds Of Nuclear-Capable Weapons Along Border

North Korea is sending hundreds of nuclear-capable weapons to its border as it refuses to ramp down tensions with the U.S. and the West, state media reported on Monday.

The weapons — 250 tactical ballistic missile launchers — are being delivered to southern North Korea along South Korea’s border, according to KCNA Watch. A ceremony featuring North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un was held on Sunday to celebrate the delivery of the missile launchers.

“We are now witnessing a moment of the course of our state’s defense capability increasing day by day,” Kim said during a speech at the ceremony, according to KCNA Watch. “Those weapons, lining up in columns in front of us, will be transferred to our army now and will play an important military role in the border areas of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.”

The South Korean government is concerned that the weapons “are intended to be used in various ways, such to attack or threaten South Korea,” the country’s Joint Chiefs of Staff spokesman Lee Sung-joon told reporters, according to Reuters. South Korea and its northern counterpart are long-time adversaries; attempts by South Korea and the West at diplomacy with North Korea have largely failed