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North Korea details Guam missile plan

North Korea outlined plans to fire four Hwasong-12 missiles towards the American Pacific territory of Guam – home of a U.S. Navy installation, submarine squadron, Coast Guard group and an air base

Planned flight over Japanese prefectures of Shimane, Hiroshima and Koichi…
… to land 30-40km from Guam – close to U.S territorial waters

Range: 3,700km with a 650kg warhead

Guam
Population: 162,000
U.S. military personnel: 4,290
Hagåtña (Agana)

1,000km 620 miles

NORTH KOREA
Kusong
Beijing
CHINA
Guangzhou
Hong Kong
Seoul
SOUTH KOREA
TAIWAN
Taipei
South China Sea
Manila
PHILIPPINES
Sea of Japan (East Sea)
Tokyo
JAPAN
North Pacific Ocean

Hwasong-12 (KN-17) test flights
Intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM), powered by Soviet-era R-27 engine
Apr 5, 2017: Crashes after nine-minute flight
Apr 16: Explodes seconds after launch
Apr 29: Flies 35km before crashing
May 15: Successful 30-minute flight to height of 2,111km


Sources: 38 North, Center for Strategic and International Studies 
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