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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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Obama: U.S. preparing 'shield' to block low-level North Korea threats - CBS (Original Post)
jpak
Apr 2016
OP
Both systems, THAAD & Aegis BMD are already in production and have been deployed.
EX500rider
Apr 2016
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wendylaroux
(2,925 posts)1. star wars? again?
what about the death star defense?we want something new!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
jpak
(41,758 posts)3. Looks like THAADS and Patriot PAC-3
China will not like this either...
kentauros
(29,414 posts)4. The Death Star has it's problems too, and its engineers aren't happy:
EX500rider
(10,849 posts)5. Both systems, THAAD & Aegis BMD are already in production and have been deployed.
jpak
(41,758 posts)2. More from the Telegraph UK 'We could destroy you,' Obama warns 'erratic' North Korean leader
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 Americas 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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President Barack Obama delivered a stern warning to North Korea on Tuesday, reminding its erratic and irresponsible leader that Americas 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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