North Korean leader Kim Jong Un Kim Jong UnSatellite images indicate North Korea preparing for massive military parade South Korea warns of underwater missile test launch by North Korea Trump says he didn't share classified information following Woodward book MORE warned on Tuesday that Pyongyang would seek to develop more powerful strategic weapons, Reuters reported.

The threat came two days after the isolated nation conducted its latest test launch of a short-range ballistic missile. That missile was controlled using a precision guidance system, Reuters reported, citing North Korea's state-run KCNA news agency.

The launch on Sunday landed in the East Sea, which is also known as the Sea of Japan, and is just the latest in a series of missile tests in recent months.

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Tensions have heightened between Washington and Pyongyang in recent months amid growing concerns about North Korea's rapidly advancing nuclear and missile programs.

The U.S. last month sent a Navy strike group, led by the USS Carl Vinson, into the West Pacific near the Korean Peninsula in an effort to deter North Korean aggression in the region.

According to Reuters, Kim said that North Korea would begin building more powerful weapons capable of striking the United States, in order to deter U.S. aggression against the North.

South Korea conducted a drill on Monday with a U.S. B-1B Lancer bomber, Reuters reported, and the strike group led by the USS Carl Vinson is also planning a drill near the Korean Peninsula.

President Trump Donald John TrumpObama calls on Senate not to fill Ginsburg's vacancy until after election Planned Parenthood: 'The fate of our rights' depends on Ginsburg replacement Progressive group to spend M in ad campaign on Supreme Court vacancy MORE has sought to put greater pressure on China, North Korea's only major ally, to do more to rein in the North. After Pyongyang's missile test on Sunday, Trump took to Twitter, casting the launch as an affront on China.

"North Korea has shown great disrespect for their neighbor, China, by shooting off yet another ballistic missile ... but China is trying hard!" he wrote on Twitter.