Tensions reached an all-time high yesterday when Donald Trump announced he would bring fire and fury to the rogue state if despot Kim Jong-un kept threatening America. <\/p>\n
The pot-bellied dictator responding by announcing it was carefully examining plans to bomb the US territory of Guam. <\/p>\n
North Korea threatened to lay siege to the territory using strategic ballistic rocket Hwaseong-12. <\/p>\n
Now America has escalated the situation further by announcing the deployment of fighter jets. <\/p>\n
EPA \/ GETTY <\/p>\n
Two US B-1B bombers have been deployed from Guam amid declarations they are prepared to fight tonight. <\/p>\n
The planes will take part in a 10-hour mission, flying near Kyushu, Japan, the East China Sea, and the Korean peninsula in a direct threat to Kim. <\/p>\n
The Pacific Air Forces tweeted: South Dakota airmen arrive on Guam conduct #bilateral missions with Japan & ROK [South Korea] US ready to #fighttonight. <\/p>\n
READ MORE: Will Donald Trump go to war with North Korea? <\/p>\n
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Two U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers fly from Guam with an escort of a pair of Japan Self-Defense Forces F-2 fighter jets near Kyushu <\/p>\n
How we train is how we fight and the more we interface with our allies, the better prepared we are to fight tonight <\/p>\n
US Air Force pilot <\/p>\n
A US Air Force pilot said: How we train is how we fight and the more we interface with our allies, the better prepared we are to fight tonight. <\/p>\n
The B-1 is a long-range bomber that is well-suited for the maritime domain and can meet the unique challenges of the Pacific. <\/p>\n
North Korea has warned it was considering attacking Guam - a huge escalation in the war of words between Kim and his Western rivals. <\/p>\n
EPA <\/p>\n
A statement issued by his news agency said: [We are] now carefully examining the operational plan for making an enveloping fire at the areas around Guam with the medium-to-long-range Hwasong-12 strategic ballistic rocket. <\/p>\n
Just hours before Mr Trump had issued a dire warning to Kim to stop sabre-rattling. <\/p>\n
EPA <\/p>\n
He said: North Korea best not make any more threats to the United States. <\/p>\n
\"They will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen.\" <\/p>\n
READ MORE: Does North Korea have nuclear weapons? <\/p>\n
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