Gates To N. Korea: We Can Destroy Missile
Defense Secretary Robert Gates is expressing confidence that the United States can shoot down any North Korean missile fired toward America.
Gates told U.S. lawmakers at a hearing Tuesday that the U.S. would have a "high probability of being able to defend ourselves" if the North fired a long-range missile.
He says U.S. missile interceptors "are fully adequate to protect us from the North Korean threat for a number of years."
He says that if the North Korean "threat" should change, the United States could easily expand its missile interceptor force.
North Korea has announced that it tested a nuclear device and is apparently assembling for a long-range missile test.
© 2009 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Gates told U.S. lawmakers at a hearing Tuesday that the U.S. would have a "high probability of being able to defend ourselves" if the North fired a long-range missile.
He says U.S. missile interceptors "are fully adequate to protect us from the North Korean threat for a number of years."
He says that if the North Korean "threat" should change, the United States could easily expand its missile interceptor force.
North Korea has announced that it tested a nuclear device and is apparently assembling for a long-range missile test.
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Our Predators and STEALTH are ready....
Posted by vietnamwar at 3:53 PM : Jun 9, 2009
Someone forgot to tell the North Koreans that their people can't fight if they're not fed.
FYI for at least 8 years when Bush was in the office...
Our Predators and STEALTH are ready....
U.S. Defense Secretary Confident Long-Range Missile Could Be Shot Down
Thank you reagan, Thank you Bush and thank you Jr Bush and thank you all Rep.
Now we have a defense system in place.....
He'll die of boredom.
The U.S. and NATO are suppose to sit back while North Korea perfects long range missiles that can reach the Continental United States and its allies using hostile and provocative rhetoric like this? North Korea fails to appreciate the obvious, those it threatens with nuclear weapons already have them! You scare someone enough they may surprise you.