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US 'scouting' for west coast anti-missile sites amid fears over North Korea

After the test of a North Korean missile "capable of striking the entire US", congressmen say America is upping its defences.

15:49, UK, Sunday 03 December 2017


US defence officials are looking for sites on the country’s west coast to deploy new anti-missile systems, two congressmen have claimed.

The Missile Defence Agency is considering several locations to install a new Terminal High Altitude Air Defence (THAAD) interceptor system similar to the one which protects South Korea against a potential attack from the North, according to congressmen Mike Rogers and Adam Smith.

https://news.sky.com/story/us-scouting-for-west-coast-anti-missile-sites-amid-fears-over-north-korea-11154555