15 Mar 2013
U.S. to bolster missile defenses to counter North Korea threat: Hagel
Author: admintech | Filed under: World
By Phil Stewart and David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced plans on Friday to bolster missile defenses in response to "irresponsible and reckless provocations" by North Korea, which threatened a preventative nuclear strike against the United States last week. Hagel said the Pentagon would add 14 new anti-missile interceptors at Fort Greely in Alaska – an effective reversal of an early Obama administration decision – and move ahead with the deployment of a second missile-defense radar in Japan. …
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/u-bolster-missile-defenses-counter-north-korea-threat-001009152.html