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jpak

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Tue Apr 26, 2016, 03:58 PM Apr 2016

Obama: U.S. preparing 'shield' to block low-level North Korea threats - CBS

Source: Reuters

The United States is preparing to defend itself against North Korea, positioning its missile development systems and setting up a "shield" to counter low-level threats from an "erratic" country, U.S. President Barack Obama told CBS in an interview that aired on Tuesday.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-nuclear-usa-idUSKCN0XN1F2

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Obama: U.S. preparing 'shield' to block low-level North Korea threats - CBS (Original Post) jpak Apr 2016 OP
star wars? again? wendylaroux Apr 2016 #1
Looks like THAADS and Patriot PAC-3 jpak Apr 2016 #3
The Death Star has it's problems too, and its engineers aren't happy: kentauros Apr 2016 #4
Both systems, THAAD & Aegis BMD are already in production and have been deployed. EX500rider Apr 2016 #5
More from the Telegraph UK 'We could destroy you,' Obama warns 'erratic' North Korean leader jpak Apr 2016 #2

jpak

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2. More from the Telegraph UK 'We could destroy you,' Obama warns 'erratic' North Korean leader
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 04:10 PM
Apr 2016
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/26/us-developing-missile-shield-to-guard-against-nuclear-attack-fro/

President Barack Obama delivered a stern warning to North Korea on Tuesday, reminding its “erratic” and “irresponsible” leader that America’s nuclear arsenal could “destroy” his country.

Kim Jong-un, the North Korean dictator, claimed to have tested a submarine-launched missile last Saturday. A photograph showed the weapon flying out of the sea, although there was no independent confirmation that it had been fired from a submarine, as opposed to a sub-surface platform.

But North Korea already has between six and eight nuclear warheads that could be mounted on a missile. If the regime does perfect a submarine-launched system then it would, in theory, be able to launch a nuclear attack on the American mainland. This would require a submarine being able to sail within missile range of the US.

Mr Obama gave warning of the possible consequences. “We could, obviously, destroy North Korea with our arsenals,” he told CBS News. “But aside from the humanitarian costs of that, they are right next door to our vital ally, [South] Korea."

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