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The Pentagon recently announced that it is repositioning
ground-to-air radar and missile defenses near Hawaii in case North
Korea decides to launch another long-range missile, this time toward
the Aloha State. So at least 1.3 million Hawaiians will benefit from
defenses that many officials in the current Administration didn't even
want to build.
But what about the rest of us?
This is one that has my blood boiling ...
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- Also on the chopping block is the Airborne Laser,You Bastard! which is designed
to shoot down incoming missiles in the boost phase, before they can
release decoys and at a point in the missile trajectory when it would
fall back down on enemy territory. This highly promising technology
will be starved.
The Administration may also kill the plan for a missile defense
system in Europe. The proposed system, which would place interceptors
in Poland and a radar in the Czech Republic, is intended to protect
Europe against Iranian missiles. As is often forgotten, it would also
protect the U.S., by providing an additional layer of defense for the
Eastern seaboard, which is a long way from the Alaskan defenses.
The Administration is reconsidering the European site due to opposition from Moscow -
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