North Korea: Closer to Its Target
Ken McIntyre /
The Obama administration this week again questioned the workability of America’s still-developing defenses against intercontinental ballistic missiles.
Only days earlier, though, the U.S. commander in the Pacific said that if North Korea tests a long-range missile, the military not only would track it but could well blow the missile out of the sky. President Barack Obama only had to give the order.
“And [if] we hit what we’re aiming at, that should be a source of great confidence and reassurance to our allies and partners,” Adm. Timothy Keating, who heads Hawaii-based Pacific Command, told ABC News. (more…)