Pentagon to beef up missile defense in response to North Korean threat, sources say

Fox News ^ | March 14, 2013 | Justin Fishel

[gusopol3]

The Pentagon is beefing up the nation’s missile defense in the wake of provocative nuclear threats from North Korea and is set to deploy 14 additional ground-based interceptors at missile silos in Alaska and California, congressional and U.S. officials tell Fox News.

An Obama administration official tells Fox News that the increase in interceptors is a logical response to an evolving threat from North Korea and that “anyone who suggests we should have stayed the course” with the Bush administration’s plan is engaging in “Monday morning quarterbacking.”

Whether intentional or not, the announcement also coincides with 30th anniversary of President Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative speech. The nation’s first ground-based interceptors were set up in 2002 under President George W. Bush.

[gusopol3]

What Reagan foresaw thirty years ago, Obama missed until the day before yesterday.

[andyk]

Missile defense? That’ll never work.

[rdcbn]

Thank you, Ronny Ray Gun, where ever you are .

[rbg81]

Clinton should have wiped out the NK capability back in the mid-nineties. A golden opportunity wasted.

[Farmer Dean]

Just let the Norks know that most of our subs have them targeted.That’s enough firepower to vaporize their third rate country.

[manc]

bozo was for it before he was against it but now for it.

correct me if I am wrong but did bozo go to Europe and tell Poland and Czech that they were scrapping that idea to suit Russia and it pissed them off?
Much like he gave Russia the UK nuclear sumb secrets of whch he knew

Actually obama has been a cluster @@ck around this world and they said Bush was not respected

[manc]

see no reason why we have any soldiers there, because they willnot do much if NK attacked but why not have the Navy and Airforce target them in a safer place

[BenLurkin]

He's in here...

[Sacajaweau]

Obama doesn’t believe in Missile Defense....Just ask Russia...

[BenLurkin]

He was too busy stuffing his pockets with their bribes.

[Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America]

Always tell the enemy what your plans are. /s

[Sacajaweau]

But Madeline got to dance with Kim....so it was all worth it.

[steve86]

14 additional ground-based interceptors at missile silos in Alaska and California

Is the idea that these launch sites can cover Oregon and Washington or they don't rate defense?

And Hawaii has its own? Ship mounted?

[andyk]

+1

[logitech]

I thought the Pentagram was out of money?

[gusopol3]

Out of money for US national security; this is to defend the caliphate.

[shove_it]

Like Creech AFB, NV ...... and get a MOH

[manc]

OH YEA

[logitech]

“Out of money for US national security; this is to defend the caliphate.”

I’d laugh, but the truth makes me sick to my stomach.

[Chode]

God bless Ronald Reagan...