North Korea is threatening to nuke Guam — here’s what the US military has there

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President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened North Korea with "fire and fury" unlike the world had ever seen, and shortly thereafter, Pyongyang responded by saying it might strike Guam.

More specifically, Pyongyang said that it was considering hitting Andersen Air Force Base with medium or long-range ICBMs to "to send a serious warning signal to the US," according to CNN. 

Guam, which is a US territory in the Pacific Ocean about 2,200 miles from North Korea, is home to Joint Region Marianas, a US military command that includes Andersen Air Force Base. 

Here's what the US military has there.

 

After the 1898 Spanish-American War, Spain ceded Guam to the US as an unincorporated territory. In 1941, Japan invaded Guam, which it held until US Marines took it back in 1944.

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There are about 6,000 US troops currently in Guam, and the US military possesses about one-third of the island's land, which is about 36 miles long and 6-12 miles wide.

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The shot above is of airmen from the 644th Combat Communication Squadron after a training exercise in June. 

This is Andersen Air Force Base, a strategic launching point for flights over the Korean Peninsula.

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