Pictured: North Korean leader Kim Jon-Un inspects plans for missile strike on Guam with military chiefs
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North Korean despot Kim Jong-un has been briefed on his military's plan for missile strikes near the US territory of Guam.
Pyongyang's state media said the rogue nation’s leader "examined the plan for a long time" after his army chiefs handed him a proposal.
North Korea said last week that it would finalise by mid-August its detailed plan to fire four intermediate-range ballistic missiles up to 18 miles off Guam’s coast.
The country’s army is now awaiting Kim’s approval.
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It is the first time Kim Jong-Un has been seen in public for several weeks.
His absence had prompted speculation that he was preparing for a possible nuclear conflict by hiding out in a bunker.
Guam, a Pacific island which is home to two US military bases, strategic bombers and about 163,000 people, is more than 1,800 miles from North Korea.
(Image: @StratSentinel/Twitter)
(Image: @StratSentinel/Twitter)
The plan is the latest provocation in a back-and-forth with Washington, which came to a head last week when President Donald Trump appeared to threaten nuclear war on the pariah state.
"North Korea best not make any more threats to the United States," said the US leader.
"They will be met with fire, fury and frankly power the likes of which this world has never seen before.”
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The sudden escalation in tensions came after US intelligence analysts had assessed North Korea had produced a miniaturised nuclear warhead.
Such a development would mean Kim is a step closer to having the capability of striking the US with a nuclear-tipped missile.
There is no indication that their Hwasong-12 missiles mentioned in the Guam plan would be tipped with nuclear warheads.