Why Is North Korea Threatening Guam?
The U.S. island territory is small, but strategically significant. It's home to a naval base and an Air Force base. Pyongyang has long viewed it as a provocation — and a target.
There's trouble in paradise — but that's nothing new for Guam.
The U.S. island territory in the western Pacific Ocean is ringed by beaches, studded with palm trees and packed with bombs. It's small, but strategically significant.
After President Trump threatened to bring "fire and fury" down on North Korea, Pyongyang said on Wednesday it is "carefully examining the operational plan for making an enveloping fire at the areas around Guam."
The declaration might come as a surprise to some mainland Americans, but North Korea has long had a hostile eye
