Why Guam Is Important Enough To Be In North Korea's Crosshairs. Following promises of “fire and fury” from President Donald Trump if it continues its belligerence, North Korea released a statement on Wednesday threatening to launch an “enveloping strike” at the island of Guam, a U. S. territory in the Pacific. Here’s why Pyongyang thinks Guam is a worthy target. After The Washington Post reported that North Korea is believed to have successfully miniaturized a …Read more Read This was not the first time North Korea has threatened Guam, but this threat was no doubt the most specific yet. The statement was released through the official North Korean news agency, KCNA, and reportedly came from General Kim Rak Gyom, the commander of the Strategic Rocket Force of the Korean People’s Army.

It said North Korea is “seriously examining” the possibility of launching four Hwasong- 1. Guam. While the preparations are now underway, a decision will not be made for several weeks as the leader of the Hermit Kingdom, Kim Jong- Un, will make the final decision whether to carry out the mission.

Following promises of “fire and fury” from President Donald Trump if it continues its belligerence, North Korea released a statement on Wednesday threatening to. On Tuesday morning (local time), North Korea fired a missile that flew over Japan, an intermediate range ballistic missile known as a Hwasong-12, the same type the. Amazon’s video department just listed a job opening for a TV host “willing to pause before delivering the final word or words of some sentences.”.

This war of words comes on the heels of reports that North Korea has moved much further ahead in its ability to weaponize their rocket forces with nuclear weapons in recent months. North Korea’s latest missile test—that of suspected anti- ship missiles that landed in waters…Read more Read. On Tuesday, it was reported that North Korea had successfully miniaturized a nuclear warhead small enough to be mounted to a ballistic missile. If the intelligence reports are to be believed and are accurate, North Korea has pushed past a key milestone in their frantic race to develop a nuclear weapon capable of threatening the continental United States.

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According to the Washington Post, this recent report was prepared by the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Pentagon’s intelligence branch, and it comes on the heels of another report indicating that North Korea may be in possession of as many as 6. Why Target Guam? Guam is a tantalizing target for North Korea.

The tiny Western Pacific island is home to about 1. Watch D-War Mediafire here. American military personnel, and that number will only grow as the U. S. is planning on relocating thousands of Marines from the Japanese island of Okinawa to Guam in the coming years.

Part of the Mariana Islands chain, Guam is closer to Pyongyang than it is to Hawaii, with only 2,2. North Korea from Guam. Andersen Air Force Base on Guam has been a temporary home for American bomber forces in the region since 1. In fact, the recent B- 1. B flights along the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) have originated from Guam.

These flights have gotten under the skin of the North Koreans, as another statement from KCNA this week specifically addressed the B- 1. B flights “which get on the nerves of DPRK and threaten and blackmail it through their frequent visits to the sky above Korea.”Guam is also home to Naval Base Guam, which sits aside Apra Harbor and is the home to the four forward- deployed fast- attack nuclear- powered attack submarines of Submarine Squadron 1. Watch Online Watch The Wind Journeys Full Movie Online Film there.

The four subs are all equipped with vertical launchers to fire Tomahawk missiles. Two submarine tenders and several Coast Guard vessels are the remaining permanently- based American ships, though Apra harbor is a frequent port- of- call for deployed American warships. Defending Guam is Task Force Talon, which operates the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense unit, or THAAD. The THAAD anti- ballistic missile battery is designed to intercept short, medium and intermediate range ballistic missiles in their terminal phase which is either during descent or reentry. Chinese officials have long protested the U.

S. deployment of the Terminal High- Altitude Area…Read more Read. The THAAD missile is essentially a bullet designed to hit another bullet, and the THAAD operators on Guam clearly understand their mission is directed towards North Korea. In fact, the unit’s nickname is the Musudan Manglers, named after one of North Korea’s intermediate- range ballistic missiles. With amazing specificity, the North Korean statement detailed the flight path their missiles will take as they streak toward Guam, making no apologies for planning to fly them over Japan. If this goes according to plan, the Hwasong- 1. North Korea and fly over the Japanese Prefectures of Shimane, Hiroshima, and Koichi. After traveling about 2,1.

Guam. The wild card is whether the Hwasong- 1. Guam if North Korea tried. Here’s what experts told Business Insider: But North Korea mentioned a specific missile, the Hwasong- 1. Business Insider says hitting the US military in Guam would be easier said than done.“No one, not even the North Koreans, knows the CEP of the HS- 1.

Mike Elleman, the senior fellow for missile defense at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, told Business Insider, referring to circular error probable, or the distance by which a missile can be expected to miss its target.“Having said that, we can guesstimate a minimum CEP from first principles,” Elleman said. Watch Last Train From Gun Hill Online. Essentially, even a small task like cutting off the engines a fraction of a second too late can make the missile go miles off course.“All told, the CEP will be greater than 5 km,” Elleman said. Five kilometers is equal to about 3 miles.) “But this is a very rough estimate.

Given the paucity of flight tests, I suspect if used today, the HS- 1. CEP considerably larger than 5 km, perhaps 1. But while not a direct threat to attack the island and the American military forces stationed there, should the North Koreans go ahead with the “test” to target the waters near Guam, it will only further escalate the tensions in the region. A test like this is fraught with danger and the potential for miscalculation is uncomfortably high. The current crisis, while long- simmering and unfortunately never effectively dealt with by previous administrations, is currently being driven by a clash of personalities that are not best suited to diplomatic endeavors and careful consideration. North Korea is a habitual line- stepper, always pushing the boundaries of what’s allowable by the international community. Look at 2. 01. 0, for instance, when two incidents perpetrated by North Korea proved just how far they were willing to go to see what they could get away with.

The most damaging incident occurred on March 2. North Korean submarine sank a South Korean warship, the ROKS Cheonan. The ship was hit by a torpedo and broke in two, killing 4. South Korea did not respond to the North’s aggression.