BY MARCUS WEISGERBER
he successful downing of a test missile proves that American defenses can ward off any ICBM that North Korea might produce in the next three years, says the head of the Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency.
“I was confident before the test that we had the capability to defeat any threat that they would throw at us,” MDA’s Vice Adm. James Syring said Wednesday. “I’m even more confident today after seeing the intercept test yesterday that we continue to be on that course…The interceptor that we flew yesterday certainly keeps pace with — and I would actually say helps us outpace — the threat through 2020.”
That date is based on an intelligence-community assessment of North Korean and Iranian missile technology.
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