Guam: Small But Important Piece of US Territory in Pacific

The US island territory’s Office of Civil Defence began distributing fact sheets, Preparing for an Imminent Missile Threat, on Friday, to help people prepare for an attack. It’s not idle debate.

After strong words from President Donald Trump promising “fire and fury” in response to continued threats from Pyongyang, North Korea threatened to launch a nuclear missile attack on the United States military in Guam.

The Philippine defense department on Saturday, August 12, said it has directed one of its agencies to determine areas to be “potentially although remotely” affected by debris if North Korea launches missiles toward Guam.

Among the tips: don’t use hair conditioner.

“Remove your clothing to keep radioactive material from spreading”.

Carlin also said it was unusual that North Korea issued a specific target threat for a test but he added that it’s also not unprecedented.

“We are improving our readiness not only in the air, but as a logistical support team”, Col. R. Scott Jobe, the 35th Fighter Wing commander, said in a statement.

Trump echoed that threat Thursday, insisting if North Korea took any steps to attack Guam, its leaders would have reason to be nervous.

Asked about the B-1 bomber plan, two US officials told NBC News that the bombers were among the options under consideration but not the only option.

Even as the president reiterated that a unanimous vote of the U.N. Security Council last week for additional sanctions was “a great job”, he suggested they would not work to change Pyongyang’s behavior.

Their answers have centered around the idea that they can find peace through prayer, faith and family. “They have said that America will be defended”. Guam was also a refuelling and transfer spot for people heading to Southeast Asia, and many refugees fleeing Saigon were evacuated through Guam. “I’m not sure that our primary interest is signaling the Chinese or the Russians”, he said.

The 22-year-old had suffered severe neurological damage.

” ‘But I have to say, I’m not laughing now, ‘ Thompson said”.

Sun Doojin, who arrived with her husband and two-year-old daughter on a flight from Seoul, responded with an emphatic “no” when asked whether she was concerned about an attack during her visit. “We’re dead meat”, he said. She said, “I don’t see a military solution and I don’t think it’s called for”. The trip has been long scheduled and was not arranged in response to the North Korean nuclear threat. Chamorros are the indigenous people of Guam. The island is 85% Roman Catholic, according to figures from the CIA World Factbook, and the island is dotted with churches, many in small villages, administered by the Archdiocese of Agana (another name for Hagataña).

The Guam Daily Post, in an editorial, said the spotlight on the territory offered an opportunity to show the world why an island of 162,000 people draws more than 1.5-million tourists a year.

“The first missionaries came here in the 1600s and brought the faith to our island”, Gofigan told CNN.

“Faith is so deeply rooted into our culture”, he said.

Today, as Pyongyang once again calls Guam out by name, the island’s governor, Eddie Baza Calvo, says there is “no threat” to the island.

Trump said he did not want to talk about diplomatic “back channels” with North Korea after US media reports that Joseph Yun, the USA envoy for North Korea policy, had engaged in diplomacy for several months with Pak Song Il, a senior diplomat at Pyongyang’s United Nations mission, on the deteriorating ties and the issue of Americans imprisoned in North Korea.