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U.S. moves to protect Guam amid 'clear danger' from North Korea
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon said Wednesday that it was sending a mobile missile defense system to Guam as a "precautionary move," as Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said North Korea posed a "real and clear danger" to the U.S. military base on the...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Department of Defense, North Korea, U.S. Military, Weaponry
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Korean tensions prompt U.S. to beef up defense of Guam
WASHINGTON—The Pentagon said Wednesday that it is sending a mobile missile defense system to Guam as a "precautionary move," as Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said North Korea posed a "real and clear danger" to the U.S. military base on the western...Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Military, North Korea, Weaponry
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North Korea vows to expand nuclear arsenal, signaling end of talks
SEOUL — Escalating the stakes of a standoff with Washington and its allies, North Korea is signaling that it will abandon two decades of negotiations to constrain its nuclear program and will close the door on any deal over its atomic weapons and...Tags: North Korea, United Nations, Defense Equipment, Nuclear Weapons, South Korea
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So much for pulling back on defense . . .
This from the Pentagon . . . The Department of Defense will deploy a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense System (THAAD) ballistic missile defense system to Guam in the coming weeks as a precautionary move against the North Korean regional ballistic...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Military Equipment, Weaponry, Defense
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Letters: Missile defense, again
Re "What would Reagan do?," Opinion, March 28 Graham Allison asserts that after spending $150 billion over 30 years on missile defense, the objection that destroying a missile with another missile is impossible has been largely overcome. But later, he...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Health Insurance Cost, Weaponry, Defense
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U.S. moves missile-tracking radar platform closer to North Korea
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy is moving a sea-based radar platform closer to North Korea to track possible missile launches, a Pentagon official said Monday, in the latest step meant to deter the North and reassure South Korea and Japan that the U.S....Tags: U.S. Navy, North Korea, U.S. Military, Military Equipment, United Nations
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Bright Minds: Danielle Hilliard, air and missile defense
“The combat system is the brain that helps you fire ‘the bullet,’ which is actually an extremely complex missile,” Danielle Hilliard says of her highly technical job in air and missile defense. She uses simple visual images to...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Weaponry, Space Programs, Clarksville
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'Star Wars' today: What would Reagan do?
President Reagan stunned fellow citizens and the world 30 years ago this month with a dramatic announcement that the United States would develop and deploy a system capable of intercepting and destroying strategic ballistic missiles. Like President...
Tags: North Korea, Military Equipment, Wars and Interventions, Nuclear Weapons, Defense
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Group: Syrian missiles kill at least 141 in Aleppo
BEIRUT (AP) — At least 141 people, half of them children, were killed when the Syrian military fired at least four missiles into the northern province of Aleppo last week, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday. The international rights group said the...
Tags: Civil Rights, Human Rights Watch, Military Equipment, Wars and Interventions, Renewable Energy
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North Korea threatens attacks on U.S., Guam, South Korea
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.SEOUL -- In the latest in a series of escalating threats, North Korea's top command announced Tuesday that it has put its artillery and strategic rocket units under what it called "No. 1 combat readiness," targeting the U.S. mainland, Hawaii, Guam and...Tags: U.S. Military, North Korea, Military Equipment, Weaponry, Kim Jong Un
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Our fruitless quest for missile defense
Foreign policy is often a form of theater, with elaborate rituals and pretenses that no one takes too literally. But rarely have the gimmicks of stagecraft been as obvious as in the latest standoff between North Korea and the United States. Lately, even...
Tags: Times Square, U.S. Military, North Korea, Military Equipment, NASA
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Alaska D.C. Delegation Reacts to Ft. Greely Missile Plans Due to North Korea
Channel 2 NewsThe Pentagon announced on Friday plans to strengthen its missile defense system with Ft. Greely on deck to see a significant increase due to the potential threats from North Korea. Alaska’s D.C. delegation, Rep. Don Young and Sens. Mark Begich...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Don Young, Weaponry, Defense
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