What is the US military's presence near North Korea?
The US has nearly 40,000 personnel in Japan and 35,000 in South Korea, and uses Guam as a ‘permanent aircraft carrier’
Military aircraft at a US airbase on Okinawa
Oliver Holmes
Wednesday 9 August 2017 04.18 EDT
Last modified on Wednesday 9 August 2017 17.00 EDT
The US military has a huge footprint across south-east Asia and the Pacific, particularly in Japan and South Korea. With North Korea threatening a missile strike on the US territory of Guam, here is an overview of US forces in the region.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/09/what-is-the-us-militarys-presence-in-south-east-asia
