Manhattan is in flames, its huge towers blackened and marked by gaping holes. The smoke obscures our view but still the missiles rain down. It’s an apocalyptic scene that could have come straight from a video game

Hang on. It actually did.

Pyongyang’s propaganda agency has posted a video on YouTube featuring a lengthy dream sequence in which a patriotic North Korean dreams of a new age in which his country’s military power reunites the Korean peninsula and brings America to its knees.

Its star is a space shuttle, launched into orbit by the same rocket that North Korea successfully tested in December, which glides smoothly around the planet.

With the world waiting for the Stalinist state to launch its third nuclear test any day