US to Bolster Missile Defense to Counter N. Korea Threat


   U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has announced plans to counter growing military threats from North Korea with 14 additional ground-based missile interceptors in Alaska.

Hagel, speaking Friday in Washington, said the plan includes a new radar tracking station in Japan, and said the deployments are designed to "stay ahead of the threat" posed by North Korea's advances in missile technology.

He said the United States already has 30 interceptors in place in California and Alaska.  He said the new weaponry would be operational  by 2017.

Hagel's announcement comes just days after Pyongyang threatened the United States with a pre-emptive nuclear strike, and two months after the North conducted its third nuclear test, in defiance of United Nations' resolutions.  North Korea also conducted a long-range missile test in December.

Tuesday, defense undersecretary for policy James Miller also cited tensions with Iran.  He said the Pentagon was studying three alternative sites for missile interceptor deployment on U.S. soil, including a possible site on the U.S. East Coast.


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