North Korea ignores US ultimatum and plans to attack Guam

According to the North Korean state agency, Pyongyang can fire missiles against the American territory in the Pacific

The North Korean crisis was further aggravated late Tuesday with the announcement that Pyongyang is considering launching medium- to long-range missiles in Guam , which is run by the United States and contains US military bases.

The threat comes in a day of exacerbation of diplomatic tensions, marked by the revelation in the Washington Post that North Korea is producing compact nuclear warheads that can be carried by missiles produced in the country. The North Korean advance has angered President Donald Trump , who said that any Asian threat to the United States would be faced with "fire and fury never seen before in the world .

The statement from North Korea, which is "going over" a plan of attack with missiles Hwasong-12 to the island of Guam that can be "implemented at any time", made by a spokesman for the  People 's Army of North Korea  in A statement issued by the North Korean state agency  KCNA , came just a few hours after Trump's ultimatum.

"Estimating the nature of the military action taken by American forces in the Asia-Pacific region, [ Kim Jong-un ] recommended examining a powerful and effective plan of action to contain the aggression of the US imperialists," the agency said. KCNA. 

The execution of an attack on Guam will offer, under the North Korean regime, "an occasion for the Yankees to be the first to experience the power of our strategic weapons," which were made "with blood and sweat"