Military 'locked and loaded': Trump

A day after the US defence secretary said America was ready to counter any threat from Pyongyang, Donald Trump has tweeted the military is "locked and loaded".

US President Donald Trump issued another warning to North Korea with a reference to American weapons as being "locked and loaded".

"Military solutions are now fully in place, locked and loaded, should North Korea act unwisely. Hopefully Kim Jong Un will find another path!" Trump wrote on Twitter, a day after his defence secretary said the United States was ready to counter any threat from Pyongyang.