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Topic started on 20-6-2009 @ 09:46 PM by Frankidealist35

US officials: No indication North Korean missiles can hit Hawaii, interceptors a prudent step


wire.antiwar.com


A new anti-missile system ordered for Hawaii is partly a strategy to deter North Korea from test-firing a long-range missile across the Pacific and partly a precaution against the unpredictable regime, military officials said Friday.

The United States has no indication that North Korean missile technology has improved markedly since past failed launches, and military and other assessments suggest the communist nation probably could not hit the westernmost U.S. state if it tried, officials said.

The North's Taepodong-2 could travel that far in theory, if it works as designed. But thr
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reply posted on 20-6-2009 @ 09:46 PM by Frankidealist35


reply posted on 21-6-2009 @ 09:02 AM by Frankidealist35
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So you're happy that our tax dollars are being spent on something which our officials even say isn't worthwhile really?


reply posted on 21-6-2009 @ 10:37 AM by EastCoastKid
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This is all much ado about nothing. N. Korea is throwing a hissy fit b/c it feels it is being neglected.

While I agree we should be watching them very closely, they are not the threat they wish us to believe.
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