From the Ronald W. Reagan Missile Defense Site, Vandenburg, California. Photo AFPFrom Newsmax:
As evidence mounts that North Korea is preparing to launch a long-range missile – possibly, an InterContinental Ballistic Missile with enough range to reach the United States – President Obama no longer has to put U.S. nuclear forces on alert or threaten a pre-emptive first strike on North Korea, thanks to national missile defense interceptors deployed in California and Alaska.
When North Korea conducted its first test of a missile with ICBM capabilities in 2006, “some [of the President Bush’s advisors] were urging him to launch a pre-emptive attack” on North Korea, Lt. Gen. Henry A. “Trey” Obering III reveals in a soon-to-be released documentary produced by the conservative Heritage Foundation.
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My Comment: With the exception of AIDs research, I cannot think of any other science/research project that is so politicized. This does a disservice not only to the researchers who have spent their lives doing the research, but to the beneficiaries of this research.