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| U.S. 'ready' for N. Korean missile |
| 2009-07-03 |
| COLORADO SPRINGS | U.S. missile defenses are prepared to try to knock down the last stage of a Taepodong-2 missile that North Korea is expected soon to launch if sensors detect the weapon threatens U.S. territory, the commander of the U.S. Northern Command told The Washington Times. "The nation has a very, very credible ballistic-missile defense capability. Our ground-based interceptors in Alaska and California, I'm very comfortable, give me a capability that if we really are threatened by a long-range ICBM that I've got high confidence that I could interdict that flight before it caused huge damage to any U.S. territory," said Air Force Gen. Victor E. "Gene" Renuart, Northcom commander. The general said the United States won't activate its missile defenses if the North Korean missile appears it will fall safely into the water as the country's last test missile did. Asked if North Korea is likely to conduct a July 4 Taepodong-2 test, as occurred in 2006, Gen. Renuart said in an interview this week with The Times at Northern Command headquarters at Peterson Air Force Base, "I think we ought to assume there might be one on the first of July and continue to be prepared and ready." |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #6 Sh**, with this fascist ahole in office what we're ready to do is send an abject apology and a couple hundred billion dollars. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2009-07-03 14:40 |
| #5 "decision logic does not always follow in the same vein as ours does" Well, the logic is probably based on Kimmie overcompensating for something small of his. |
| Posted by: GirlThursday enjoying a cocktail for 4th 2009-07-03 12:16 |
| #4 I think we should tell Kimmie that if he sends one our way, he dies before tomorrow. Then prepare to launch a nuke at the guy's bedroom. Then, see if he blinks. If he does, he will lose much of his inflated stature. If he doesn't, then he realy was crazy after all. |
| Posted by: Richard of Oregon 2009-07-03 11:04 |
| #3 Send one (They cant do shit about it) have it loaded with brightly colored handouts laughing at the Kimmie and Co incompetence, have it open at 10,000 feet and blanket the countryside.(He can't get them all)Laugh loudly and publicly. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-07-03 01:25 |
| #2 Shoot it down and send one just like it back - except fully armed and fully functional. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2009-07-03 01:24 |
| #1 Shoot it down and send fifty back. We should not have to go through this. |
| Posted by: newc 2009-07-03 00:18 |