Why did North Korea want to bomb Guam?

This is Anderson Air Force base, one of the busiest military outposts in the world—and a place that Kim Jong Un, the young hermit king of North Korea, wants to blow up. This is not just a far-flung dot on the map, a forgotten colonial trophy seized during the Spanish-American war. read more

So when Trump threatened North Korea, the country was ready to retaliate with a threat against Guam. This is not a new situation for Guam. Due to the heavy U.S. military presence there and its closer location than the U.S. mainland, North Korea has frequently threatened it in the past. read more

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Wednesday that Guam is in no more danger than any other place, adding that North Korea’s threats naming the island as a target did not deter him from making a scheduled refueling stop there on his return from Malaysia. read more

The launch seemed designed to show that North Korea can back up a threat to target Guam, if it chooses to do so, while also establishing a potentially dangerous precedent that could see future missiles flying over Japan. read more