WorldWarIII: Tempers Fly As US Deploys Bombers, North Korea Ready To Meet With Fury

NORTH Korea and the USA edged closer to all-out war as Donald Trump announced he was deploying supersonic bombers and jets to the peninsula.

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.

The pot-bellied dictator responding by announcing it was “carefully examining” plans to bomb the US territory of Guam.

North Korea threatened to lay “siege” to the territory using “strategic ballistic rocket Hwaseong-12”.

Now America has escalated the situation further by announcing the deployment of fighter jets.

North Korea latest: Donald Trump has deployed US bombers

Two US B-1B bombers have been deployed from Guam amid declarations they are prepared to “fight tonight”.

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.

The Pacific Air Forces tweeted: “South Dakota airmen arrive on Guam – conduct #bilateral missions with Japan & ROK [South Korea] – US ready to #fighttonight.”

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

“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.”

North Korea has warned it was considering attacking Guam – a huge escalation in the war of words between Kim and his Western rivals.

WW3 fears: A B-1B bomber taking off from Guam for the Korean peninsula

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.”

Just hours before Mr Trump had issued a dire warning to Kim to stop sabre-rattling.