In case you were wondering what was on Guam.
When I Googled "Leave Guam Immediately," nothing came up.
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The article, unfortunately, doesn't really say why North Korea is threatening Guam. From the New York Times:
These are the sorts of signals, not a leader’s offhand comments, that matter most in international relations. Washington is sending a clear, consistent message to Pyongyang that the United States still wants to avoid escalation.
My personal hypothesis: by switching from a general, possible threat of war to a specific, actionable threat of specific actions, North Korea gets to sound out actual US posture with more precision than the off-handed comments of an inexperienced politician. As far as I can tell, we responded with leaked specific, actionable threats ourselves
Two senior military officials — and two senior retired officers — told NBC News that key to the plan would be a B-1B heavy bomber attack originating from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam.
Pairs of B-1s have conducted 11 practice runs of a similar mission since the end of May, the last taking place on Monday. The training has accelerated since May, according to officials. In an actual mission, the non-nuclear bombers would be supported by satellites and drones and surrounded by fighter jets as well as aerial refueling and electronic warfare planes.
To be clear: "pairs of B-1s" "supported by satellites" and "surrounded by fighter jets as well as aerial refueling and electronic warfare planes" has been a mission we've been drilling since 1981 and carrying out since 1991. Maybe we've been doing more practice runs lately, but that's pretty much a symmetrical response to missile testing.
In short, North Korea is threatening Guam to see if we're all talk. So far, we're all talk.