U.S. 'Ready' for N. Korean Missile ; Pyongyang Expected to Test Icbm
The Washington Times › July 02, 2009
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U.S. missile defenses are prepared to try to knock down the last stage of a Taepodong-2 missile that North Korea is expected soon to launch if sensors detect the weapon threatens U.S. territory, the commander of the U.S. Northern Command told The Washington Times.
"The nation has a very, very credible ballistic-missile defense capability. Our ground-based interceptors in Alaska and California, I'm very comfortable, give me a capability that if we really are threatened by a long-range ICBM that I've got high confidence that I could interdict that flight before it caused huge damage to any U.S. territory," said Air Force Gen. Victor E. "Gene" Renuart, Northcom commander.See the full content of this document
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U.S. 'Ready' for N. Korean Missile ; Pyongyang Expected to Test Icbm
The general said the United States won't activate its missile defenses if the North Korean missile appears it will fall safely into the water as the country's last test missile did.
Asked whether North Korea is likely to conduct a July 4 Taepodong- 2 test, as occurred in 2006, Gen. Renuart said in an interview this week with The Times at Northe...See the full content of this document
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