Combat-ready: US considers beefing up defenses to counter N. Korea nuke threat
RT.com
23 Jan, 2016
Amid the growing nuclear threat from North Korea, Washington is considering taking steps to protect itself by turning its Aegis missile defense facility in Hawaii into a combat-ready complex.
While no decision has yet been made, Captain Darryn James, spokesperson for the US Pacific Command, told Reuters that high-level discussions are taking place on ways to secure Hawaii, Guam and the continental United States from ballistic missile threats.
James says the Aegis Ashore site on Kauai island has a “proven test capability,” and can be converted to a combat complex. The comments came after North Korea claimed to have tested a miniature hydrogen bomb earlier this month.
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