North Korea’s military said it is developing detailed plans to fire four missiles at Guam and expects to present them to their leader Kim Jong-un by mid-August, according to media reports late Wednesday. In the escalating war of words, North Korea said it is “seriously examining” a plan to fire four Hwasong-12 intermediate-range missiles simultaneously at the U.S. territory of Guam, according to South Korean news agency Yonhap. Guam is home to several U.S. military installations including Andersen Air Force Base. The new threat on Guam follows a less detailed one late Tuesday after President Donald Trump’s remark that further threats from North Korea would be met with “fire and fury”. The Dow Jones Industrial Average , the S&P 500 Index and the Nasdaq Composite Index all finished lower for a second day on Wednesday amid the saber rattling.
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