{"id":34580,"date":"2013-03-15T15:27:10","date_gmt":"2013-03-15T19:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=34580"},"modified":"2013-03-15T15:27:10","modified_gmt":"2013-03-15T19:27:10","slug":"interceptors-headed-to-west-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=34580","title":{"rendered":"Interceptors headed to West Coast"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Associated Press<\/a> reports that the Defense department is sending 14 interceptors to the West Coast, ostensibly to beef up defenses against any froggy leaps by North Korea;<\/p>\n

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel planned to announce the decision later Friday. It was first reported by Fox News.<\/p>\n

In advance of Hagel’s announcement, defense officials confirmed the decision on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss it publicly.<\/p>\n

The Pentagon intends to add the 14 interceptors to 30 already in place in California and Alaska. That will expand the system’s ability to shoot down long-range missiles in flight before they could reach U.S. territory.<\/p>\n

James Miller, defense undersecretary for policy, said in a speech Tuesday that the Pentagon has the ability to deploy up to 14 additional missile interceptors, “if needed.” He did not say in the speech that a decision had been made to do so.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ya know what would be funny, if it wasn’t so fricken sad? For the last two or three Republican presidents, we had to hear how, with the Soviets gone, we didn’t need to worry about missile defense, that space-based defensive systems were useless in today’s environment. What? Are you worried about the North Koreans, or something? Ha-ha-ha. You wingnuts are still living in the Cold War era.<\/p>\n

Now, who’s wringing their hands? What? You worried about the North Koreans? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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