Source: U.S. to Beef Up Missile Defense Against North Korea
Military • March 2013 • Views: 1,074
(CNN) — U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is expected to announce Friday afternoon that the Pentagon will enhance the nation’s ability to defend itself from a nuclear attack by North Korea, a U.S. defense official told CNN.
Hagel will announce that the United States will deploy up to 14 additional ground-based missile interceptors on the U.S. West Coast, according to the official.
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