"...The rocket launch, from Vandenberg Air Force Base, 60 miles northwest of Santa Barbara, unfolded in the early afternoon under cloudy conditions. The target missile was launched from thousands of miles away, at Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands.
The director of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, Vice Adm. James D. Syring, called the intercept “an incredible accomplishment..."
Reference: www.latimes.com
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"...Schatz is one of the most liberal members of the Senate, but the looming threat of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un's nuclear weapons program has prompted him to collaborate with Alaska Republican Dan Sullivan and six other senators across the ideological spectrum on a broad missile defense bill.
Their proposal calls for "the development and deployment of a space-based sensor layer" to aid 28 new ground-based interceptors in detecting and downing incoming ballistic missile attacks.
"Our nation's missile defense is a critical insurance policy that protects Americans..."
Reference: www.washingtonexaminer.com
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"...China protested a U.S. Navy patrol that sent a guided missile destroyer near a group of man-made islands in the South China Sea on Thursday, in the first American challenge to Beijing’s claims to the waters since President Donald Trump took office..."
Reference: www.washingtonpost.com
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"...An American THAAD missile defense system is now operational in South Korea, less than two months after its components arrived there, the U.S. military says.
The system is meant to protect South Korea from ballistic missiles fired by North Korea, the Pentagon says..."
Reference: www.npr.org
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