The US is to strengthen its missile defence shield on t
he Pacific coast in response to North Korea's strides in developing nuclear weapons and threats of war, defence secretary Chuck Hagelannounced on Friday.Hagel said the US will deploy 14 additional missile interceptors in Alaska to "make clear to the world that the United States stands firm against aggression". The additional interceptors will bring to 44 the total deployed in Alaska and California, although the numbers will not increase for four years and the defensive missiles have proved unreliable in tests.The White House has derided a surge in Pyongyang's threats, including a declaration that the 1953 armistice agreement with South Korea is now void, as "bellicose rhetoric". US officials believe the threats are an attempt to save face following the latest round of United Nations sanctions over North Korea's underground nuclear test last month. But officials have also said that the North Korean regime is highly unpredictable.
they don't need to ase our minds thy need to take any threat seriously, the only ones that bite you are the ones you dismiss, history don't forgert it!
Barack Obama told ABC News this week that he doubts Pyongyang can make good on its threats, but the US needs to be prepared. "They probably can't, but we don't like margin of error," he said.Hagel noted that a year ago North Korea put on display what appeared to be an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of being moved by road, and used another missile to put a satellite into orbit, "thus demonstrating progress in its development of long range missile technology".
that's what we need to hear, intel has failed before given the lack of interest in anything but making weapons why aren't the republicans pushing for these safeguards, do they feel it's sacrilege to actually use them for what they were suppose to be for not loading the MIC's pockets?
