Administration Responds to North Korea Missile Stunt With Missile Defense Stunt

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//www.ak-prepared.com/dmva/images/Missile%20Defense%20-%201387b.jpg' cannot be displayed] A U.S. missile defense system that hasn’t worked in ‘test’ mode had its status changed to ‘operational’ to match the North Korean grandstanding and protect the missile defense budget line. Everyone talking about the controversial proposal to take out the North Korean missile site (albeit with a Cruise missile, not the anti-missile sytem) has focused on whether or not it would goad the North Koreans into a fullscale war. However, another concern is that the preemptive strike fails, making further fools of the US foreign policy shapers and casting the value of the US protective umbrella over our East Asian allies into question.