Rep. Elise Stefanik: The East Coast needs a missile defense post(Fort Drum)

Washington Examiner ^ | Jan 25, 2018 | Elise Stefanik

[TigerLikesRooster]

Rep. Elise Stefanik: The East Coast needs a missile defense post

by Rep. Elise Stefanik | Jan 25, 2018, 12:01 AM

North Korea's rapidly improving missile technology capabilities have alarmed Americans. As Kim Jong Un continues to demonstrate his dangerous commitment to advancing his nuclear weapons capabilities and missile program, U.S. policymakers must ensure that our entire nation is protected – including the tens of millions of Americans living along the East Coast.

In November, North Korea launched the Hwasong-15 ICBM over the Sea of Japan. The missile reached the highest altitude ever recorded by a North Korean missile, flying 2,800 miles into the sky before landing off the coast of Japan. The test proves North Korea's ability to successfully target the whole of the continental U.S., and according to Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, its ability to hit "everywhere in the world, basically."

[TigerLikesRooster]

P!

[CGASMIA68]

Just eliminate N Korea.

Problem solved BooKoo bucks saved

[njslim]

Cuomo would not like this ....

Pennsylvania is probably friendlier area ......

[WayneS]

Let me guess - Fort Drum is in her district...

[TigerLikesRooster]

I think you are right. Her district indeed contains Fort Drum.

[laplata]

I’d bet that this woman is/was a big Obama supporter. She should realize that the East Coast is likely to be more threatened by Obama’s friends in Iran sometime in the near future.

[Wuli]

civil engineers donation hunting

[Kozy]

Did she vote for the budget? Probably not!

[laplata]

Please disregard my premature post. She is a Republican.

[WayneS]

That’s what I figured. If she was really intersted in protecting the entire east coast of the U.S. she would have proposed the system be more rn centrally located - centered somewhere between northern Virginia and New Jersey, including Pennsylvania.

Instead she’s just trying to bring home the pork.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Your wish may come true if “peace-loving liberal” Cuomo strikes it down.

[WayneS]

What difference does that make?

[Bogie]

Sub launch capable also.

[txhurl]

After taking down Comey the way she did, she’s alright with me.

[Calvinist_Dark_Lord]

Pennsylvania is probably friendlier area ......

Yes, and on top of that there are still a few old Nike-Hercules bases here that are still relatively intact and could operate just fine for missile defense.

Unfortunately most of them are gone now. However there are still plenty of places to put new ones. Nobody would even notice.

[WayneS]

I just did a little search on line and there are apparently three site sites in the running - one in New York, one in Michigan and one in Ohio.

Of those three, I’d go with Ohio.

[laplata]

I see your point.

[chuckr]

Back in 2008 we seriously looked at Poland and Czechoslovakia for ABM defense against Iran.

[Major Matt Mason]

Yep, she's the Republican that threw Comey for a loop last year when he was testifying in the House.