Kim Jong Un Inspects plans at KPA Strategic Force Command, Pyongyang, Korea - 14 Aug 2017
A picture released by the North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspecting plans to fire missiles towards the US Pacific territory of Guam at the Command of the Strategic Force of the Korean People's Army (KPA), Pyongyang, DPRK: North Korean 14 August 2017, (issued 15 August 2017). According to North Korean state media on 09 August 2017, the North is considering a potential pre-emptive strike with medium-to-long-range strategic ballistic missiles on Guam, where US tactical bombers are based. The threat follows US President Donald J. Trump's warning to Pyongyang that any threat to the USA 'will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen.' The exchanges marked rising tensions between the two countries.