United States Will Increase Missile Interceptors In Wake Of North Korean Threats

United States Will Increase Missile Interceptors In Wake Of North Korean Threats

The United States have increased their security by adding a number of missile interceptors on the Pacific Coast line in bases located in California and Alaska.

The additional security comes after the last series of threats made by North Korea who seem to be poised to develop their nuclear arsenal regardless of the economic sanctions made by the United Nations.

The extra missiles have increased the number of interceptors from 30 to 44 and while it doesn’t offer a 100 percent guaranty of success, it does send a message to the North Korean government and its leader, the young Kim Jong Un.

Navy leaders have also announced the development and deployment of ballistic missile defense warships in the Korean Peninsula. The vessels were deployed before the increased tension in the relationship with the communist dictatorship, in a military exercise held with South Korean troops.

The extra missile interceptors are supposed to be installed by 2017 at a cost of just under 1 billion dollars. While the ballistic missile defense system has shown itself to be rather unimpressive in tests, defense personnel and leaders are quite confident in their system.

James Miller, under secretary for policy at the Pentagon declared that the United States’ missile interceptors are intended to show to both Iran and North Korea that if they develop long range nuclear devices they will not be able to threaten the United States.

Posted by James Fried on Saturday March 16 2013, 3:49 AM EDT. Ref: NY Times. Link. All trademarks acknowledged. Filed under Featured News, World. Comments and Trackbacks closed. Follow responses: RSS 2.0