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Article snippet: HONG KONG — The decades-long war of words between the United States and fire and fury” if the rogue state continued its bellicose missile and nuclear tests. Hours later, Pyongyang warned of a strike that would create “an enveloping fire” around Guam, the Pacific island on which the United States has a crucial Air Force base. Keeping track of all of the weapons tests, sanctions and diplomatic talks can be dizzying. But The New York Times has been covering the situation closely. Here is the background, along with some highlights of our coverage if you want a more in-depth look at the situation: Yes. Intelligence reports suggest that the North Koreans have figured out how to miniaturize a weapon, but not how to deliver it intact to the United States. In 2016, Pyongyang released a photograph of its leader, We took a careful look at that image and concluded that the bomb — about two feet in diameter, with a destructive yield equivalent to the atomic bombs that the United States dropped on Japan in World War II — could be carried by a long-range missile. The North has steadily been building and testing such missiles, and in July it launched a rocket that experts said was capable of reaching the mainland United States. Officials say they believe the North already possesses medium-range missiles capable of delivering a nuclear warhead to much of South Korea and Japan. But intercontinental missiles aimed at the United States would fly in an arc into space before returnin... Link to the full article to read more