- Title: File footage of Guam after North Korea says it is considering a strike
- Date: 9th August 2017
- Summary: YIGO, GUAM (FILE - MAY 12, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF ENTRANCE GATE OF U.S. AIR FORCE ANDERSEN BASE SIGNBOARD READING (English): "UNITED STATES AIR FORCE / ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE / GUAM USA" SANTA RITA, GUAM (FILE - MAY 12, 2017) (REUTERS) ENTRANCE GATE OF U.S. NAVAL BASE GUAM SIGNBOARD READING (English): "U.S. NAVAL BASE GUAM" PITI, GUAM (FILE - MAY 12, 2017) (REUTERS) FRENCH AMPHIBIOUS CARRIER MISTRAL ANCHORED AT PORT BEFORE US-UK-FRANCE-JAPAN JOINT DRILL PITI, GUAM (FILE - MAY 13, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF JAPAN SELF-DEFENCE FORCE TROOPS CONDUCTING DRILL ON GUAM BEACH
- Embargoed: 23rd August 2017 04:27
- Keywords: Guam North Korea Kim Jong Un missile U.S. President Donald Trump
- Location: YIGO, SANTA RITA AND PITI, GUAM
- City: YIGO, SANTA RITA AND PITI, GUAM
- Country: Guam
- Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA0016TFPQ9Z
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: North Korea said on Wednesday (August 9) it is considering plans for a missile strike on the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam, just hours after President Donald Trump told the North that any threat to the United States would be met with "fire and fury".
Pyongyang said it was "carefully examining" a plan to strike Guam, an island of around 162,000 in the western Pacific and the site of a U.S. military base that hosts a submarine squadron, an airbase and a Coast Guard group.
The ratcheting up in tensions rattled global financial markets and prompted warnings from U.S. officials and analysts not to engage in rhetorical slanging matches with North Korea. - Copyright Holder: FILE REUTERS (CAN SELL)
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