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| U.S. Troops Improve Defense in S. Korea |
| 2003-09-16 |
| The U.S. military said Tuesday it has enhanced its air defense system in South Korea to better counter missile threats from North Korea. The U.S. military has received new equipment to upgrade its system to the latest generation of Patriot interceptor missiles, the Patriot Advanced Capability-3, the Eighth U.S. Army said in a news release. I don’t think kimmie-boy is going to like this. What with 150,000 chinese massing on his northern border. The Patriot missiles are built to destroy targets — such as tactical ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and enemy aircraft — by colliding with them at high speed, rather than using an explosive warhead. "This system enhances our ability to prevent any external aggression which includes North Korea," said Lt. Col. Steven Boylan, a spokesman for the Eighth Army. The U.S. military would not say how many Patriot missile batteries it keeps in South Korea. That’s for us to know and you to find out kimmie-boy! North Korea has an aggressive missile development program, although most of its 1.1-million army is equipped with outdated Soviet-era weapons. Its Rodong missiles can reach all of South Korea and much of Japan. I bet we also have a bunch of Patriots in Japan as well. North Korea shocked the region in 1998 by test-launching a three-stage Taepodong-1 missile that flew over Japan and landed in the Pacific. The missile is believed to have a 1,540-mile range, enough to reach all but the most far-flung of Japan’s islands. The communist state has accused the United States of fabricating missile threats from the North to boost its military presence in South Korea to invade the North. Washington says its military presence in the South is of defensive nature. Firing missles over Japan isn’t a threat! Oh no! The Patriot upgrade is part of the Pentagon’s plan to spend an additional $11 billion over the next three years to Aren’t we technically still at war with NK? |
| Posted by:CrazyFool |
| #2 $11 BILLION FOR A BUNCH OF INGRATES?????????? Move us out of there. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-9-16 6:09:32 PM |
| #1 The ABL was supposed to demonstrate in '03 and it got pushed back to '04. What a wonderful opp this would make. |
| Posted by: domingo 2003-9-16 10:35:48 AM |