North Korea's Kim says missile test was for Guam, Trump warns all options open
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 Norths 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 Norths 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 Peoples Army or KPA is the Norths 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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