Just a day after the U.S. ordered a stealth bomber fly-over of the Korean Peninsula in a "deterrence mission," North Korea is now reportedly planning an attack on the United States.

Images that ran in the state-run Rodong newspaper were apparently taken at an "emergency meeting" showing dictator Kim Jong Un signing a military plan in front of a map titled, "Plan for the strategic forces to target mainland U.S." The map also clearly shows missiles with arrows pointing to Hawaii, Washington D.C., Los Angeles and Austin, Texas.

Even in light of the recent threats by North Korea, there is most likely no reason to be concerned about North Korea's ability to attack the United States. James Hardy, Security expert, told CNN, "The fact is that despite the bombast, and unless there has been a miraculous turnaround among North Korea's strategic forces, there is little to no chance that it could successfully land a missile on Guam, Hawaii or anywhere else outside the Korean Peninsula that U.S. forces may be stationed."

The meeting of Pyongyang's senior military leaders was called after two US B2 bombers, flying out of bases in Missouri, carried out simulated bombing raids on North Korean targets on an island off the coast of South Korea.

"He finally signed the plan on technical preparations of strategic rockets, ordering them to be on standby to fire so that they may strike any time the US mainland, its military bases in the operational theatres in the Pacific, including Hawaii and Guam, and those in South Korea," the state-run KCNA news agency reported.

It added that the B2 test flights demonstrated Washington's "hostile intent" and said the "reckless" act had gone "beyond the phase of threat and blackmail." North Korea's military was placed on the highest alert level possible earlier this week, plus a hotline link to the South Korean military was severed.

The mobile Internet link for foreign visitors with 3G service that was just introduced a few weeks ago has been cut by North Korea. According to experts, the images of Kim show him surrounded by his officers and diagrams of targets in the US are designed for a domestic propaganda and are to demonstrate the young leader's mastery of military affairs.