North Korea on Wednesday dismissed a Pentagon report describing Pyongyang as a “persistent threat,” saying the world's biggest threat of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) comes from the US, Ednews reports citing Anadolu Agency.

"As for the 'persistent threat,' it is an expression most suitable for the US, the world's biggest WMD-armed state and the only criminal state that used A-bombs, which has labeled the DPRK as an 'enemy' and escalated unprecedented nuclear threats and blackmail against it since the last century," a spokesman for North Korea’s Defense Ministry said in a statement carried by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), a news agency reported.

Pyongyang criticized the US for revealing its “dangerous intention for aggression" to threaten the North and seize "global military hegemony," said KCNA.

Such threats have compelled Pyongyang to “strongly counter with powerful deterrence the ever-more reckless medium- and long-term threat posed by the US seeking to use WMDs against the DPRK.”

During a crucial parliamentary meeting attended last week by leader Kim Jong-un, North Korea included provisions in its constitution to bolster its nuclear capabilities.