Guam caught between Kim fire, Don fury

Pyongyang is ‘carefully examining the operational plan for making an enveloping fire at the areas around Guam with medium-to-long-range strategic ballistic rocket Hwasong-1’

Washington, Aug. 9: North Korea said on Wednesday that it is considering strikes near US strategic military installations in Guam with its intermediate range ballistic missiles, just hours after US President Donald Trump threatened Pyongyang with “fire and fury” over its missile program.

“North Korea best not make any more threats to the United States. They will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. He (Kim JongUn) has been very threatening… As said, they will be met with fire, fury, and, frankly, power the likes of which this world has never seen before”,

Mr Trump said at his vacation home in New Jersey on Tuesday. He was responding to questions on North Korea’s nuclear capabilities.

There have been reports that nuclear-armed North Korea is coming close to obtaining an atomic weapon that can strike

North Korea best not make any more threats to the United States. They will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen...

— Donald Trump, US Prez

the US. There are also reports that it has successfully miniaturised a nuclear warhead that can fit inside its missiles.

On Wednesday, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said that Pyongyang is “now carefully examining the operational plan for making an enveloping fire at the areas around Guam with medium-to-long-range strategic ballistic rocket Hwasong-1”. The threat carried by KCNA marked a dramatic rise in tensions and prompted warnings to Washington.

Guam, located 3,400 km from North Korea, is home to a US military base that includes a submarine squadron, an airbase and a coastguard group. Guam’s governor, Eddie Calvo, on Wednesday attempted to reassure residents that there was “no threat” of a North Korean strike, but added that the island was prepared for “any eventuality”.

SEVERAL U.S. MILITARY BASES IN THE PACIFIC ARE WITHIN RANGE OF NORTH KOREAN MISSILES

NORTH KOREA IS AROUND 3,430 KM FROM GUAM

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