Next Target Guam, North Korea Says

[edpc]

(CNN)North Korea's missile launch on Tuesday was a prelude to more military operations directed at the US territory of Guam, North Korean state media said Wednesday.

Pyongyang said it fired an intermediate-range missile Hwasong-12 in Tuesday's test.
The missile's flight path took it over Japan, further fueling tensions between North Korea and the United States and its allies, Japan and South Korea.

Tuesday's launch was "the first step of the military operation of the (North Korean military) in the Pacific and a meaningful prelude to containing Guam," a report from the state-run Korean Central News Agency said.

It said Pyongyang would be "conducting more ballistic rocket launching drills with the Pacific as a target in the future."

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[TomSea]

Yes, I was just reading this. So, they fired a missile over Northern Japan.. but they were aiming for Guam? Anyway, I'm certainly not disputing anything.

Where Is Guam?

[TomSea]

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles-idUSKCN1B92WY

This discusses this, maybe what they meant is it was a demonstration of their power.

[edpc]

Yes, I was just reading this. So, they fired a missile over Northern Japan.. but they were aiming for Guam? Anyway, I'm certainly not disputing anything.

Where Is Guam?

I think they were trying for the overall distance and prep time to launch. However, this particular missile that flew over Japan broke up in flight and did not go the same distance it would take to reach Guam.

[The_Reader_David]

...with the Pacific as a target...

Well that makes it very easy to hit the target.

[Wingnut]

This little dictator is pretty cocksure nothing will happen to him if he keeps firing off stuff.   

He has history on his side.  It's a game of chicken.

[edpc]

China has warned them they would be on their own, if they fired upon US territory first.  They said nothing about Japan. My guess is they'll keep lobbing missiles over their islands until one of their in-flight failures lands somewhere it's not supposed to and causes an incident.

[mountaineer]

...with the Pacific as a target...

Well that makes it very easy to hit the target.

I have a feeling that if Li'l Kim actually were aiming for the ocean, he'd hit China.

[driftdiver]

China has warned them they would be on their own, if they fired upon US territory first.  They said nothing about Japan. My guess is they'll keep lobbing missiles over their islands until one of their in-flight failures lands somewhere it's not supposed to and causes an incident.

We don't know what China is telling them

[Wingnut]

We don't know what China is telling them

Point that thing the other way would be my guess.

[driftdiver]

Point that thing the other way would be my guess.

More likely they are helping to pick targets and schedule

[Cyber Liberty]

More likely they are helping to pick targets and schedule

Maybe not that, but spotting for sure.