[STARWISE]

God bless the US Navy ... eye of the tiger, guys and gals!

Are you hearing any military-type scuttlebutt?

[BIGLOOK]

The USS Lake Erie has been credited with kills on the test range and we have Barking Sands Missile Test Range which "is the only range in the world where submarines, surface ships, aircraft and space vehicles can operate and be tracked simultaneously". So it's highly doubtful that anything will get through.

Last time the DPRK launched a couple years back, their missile didn't achieve orbit and splashed in the Pacific east of Japan. That was a two stage missile with liquid fuel systems and faulty spark plugs. It would take three stages and orbit to reach Hawaii and the mainland but not so sure about an Alaskan target. Either way, a Navy CG in the North Pacific would prevent an attack by a single missile (maybe more) on both sites.

Last scuttlebutt was that THAAD was to be deployed here and I thought ok.....but why let it get so close to shore when it's trajectory can be ascertained from far away.

Maybe the Army Missilemen need a little vacation and I'm all for that.