North Korea's Kim says missile test was for Guam, Trump warns all options open

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Source: Reuters

#WORLD NEWS AUGUST 29, 2017 / 7:50 PM / 10 MINUTES AGO

North Korea's Kim says missile test was for Guam, Trump warns all options open

Soyoung Kim and Susan Heavey
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SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea said on Wednesday it had conducted a test of an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) to counter U.S. and South Korean military drills and as a first step in military action in the Pacific to “contain” the U.S. territory of Guam.

The North’s leader Kim Jong Un ordered the missile drill to be conducted for the first time from its capital, Pyongyang, and said it was necessary to undertake more exercises with the Pacific as the target, the North’s KCNA news agency said.

“The current ballistic rocket launching drill like a real war is the first step of the military operation of the KPA in the Pacific and a meaningful prelude to containing Guam,” KCNA quoted Kim as saying. The Korean People’s Army or KPA is the North’s military.

Earlier this month, North Korea threatened to fire four missiles into the sea near Guam, home to a major military presence, after U.S. President Donald Trump said the North would face “fire and fury” if it threatened the United States.

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1. Containing Guam? Where is Guam going?

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2. When you threaten fire and fury like the world has never seen if

NK even thinks about firing another missile and you do nothing you look weak.