{"id":47478,"date":"2017-10-14T07:22:01","date_gmt":"2017-10-14T07:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=47478"},"modified":"2017-10-14T07:22:01","modified_gmt":"2017-10-14T07:22:01","slug":"north-korea-threatens-guam-with-salvo-of-missiles-after-us-military-drills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/north-korea-threatens-guam-with-salvo-of-missiles-after-us-military-drills.html","title":{"rendered":"North Korea threatens Guam with &#8216;salvo of missiles&#8217; after US military drills"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">North Korea threatens Guam with &#8216;salvo of missiles&#8217; after US military drills<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The threat has come in response to two Air Force supersonic heavy bombers being flown over the Korean peninsula in a show of force against Pyongyang on Tuesday night.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Two B-1B Lancers based in Guam flew a mission in the vicinity of the Sea of Japan in joint aviation exercises with Japan and South Korea, according to the US Pacific Air Forces.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">In a statement released by North Korean state media, Pyongyang said: \u201cWe have already warned several times that we will take counteractions for self-defence including a salvo of missiles into waters near the US territory of Guam.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cGuam is an advance base for invading the DPRK, where key US bases are located, as the US has resorted to military actions in sensitive regions, making the waters off the Korean peninsula and in the Pacific restless.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cThe US military actions hardens our determination that the US should be tamed with fire and lets us take our hand closer to trigger for taking the toughest countermeasure.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The island territory of Guam is an important strategic hub for US power in the Pacific.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">It is home to Anderson Air Force Base and Naval Base Guam, which are bases containing 6,000 troops but also long-range bombers, ships and submarines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">North Korea first threatened to strike Guam with four Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ballistic missiles in August, shortly after Donald Trump said he was prepared to &#8220;unleash fire and fury like the world has never seen&#8221; against North Korea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">News of North Korea\u2019s most recent threat towards Guam has come as Donald Trump has decided to send a warship with 7,500 sailors to South Korea, within striking range of Kim Jong-un\u2019s North Korean hermit state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The USS Theodore Roosevelt left San Diego last week to focus on maritime security operations in the area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The \u00a33.4billion warship is \u201cready as a war-fighting force\u201d, Admiral Steve Koehler said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The strike group commander said: \u201cThe US Navy carrier strike group is the most versatile, capable force at sea,\u201d he said in a statement before the ship\u2019s launch.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cAfter nearly a year of training and integration exercises, the entire team is ready as a war-fighting force and ready to carry out the nation\u2019s tasking.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/world\/866293\/north-korea-kim-jong-un-donald-trump-us-guam-world-war-3<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/north-korea-threatens-guam-with-salvo-of-missiles-after-us-military-drills.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korea threatens Guam with &#8216;salvo of missiles&#8217; 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