The United States is strengthening ground-based missile defenses after threats by North Korea against South Korea and the United States. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel spoke with reporters in Washington.

Fourteen interceptors capable of destroying ballistic missiles in flight will be added to an existing West Coast defense system.

North Korea conducted its third nuclear test last month. Pyongyang has threatened a preemptive nuclear attack on the United States and South Korea, and ratcheted … [Read More]

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Source: VOA News: Economy and Finance