Trump Orders Military to Shoot Down North Korean Missiles

First this from the NY Times: How the U.S. Could Respond to Another North Korean Missile Test

If North Korea launches an ICBM, Trump should shoot it down

North Korea Says U.S. to Pay Dearly for Haley’s ‘Hysteric Fit  . . . "Describing Haley’s comments to the UN this week as a “hysteric* fit,” a commentary by the state-run Korean Central News Agency on Friday warned the U.S. of unspecified retribution." . . . 
* If that word "hysteric" doesn't rally the feminists around our President then they really do hate America. 

From NewsMax: Trump Orders Military to Shoot Down North Korean Missiles  "President Donald Trump has given military orders for U.S. forces to shoot down and destroy any missile launched from North Korea and moving toward the continental United States, Hawaii, and Guam.

"Sources close to the president's national security team tell Newsmax the order was given to Pentagon brass in the wake of last month's threat by North Korea to fire a ballistic missile aimed at Guam, a U.S. territory.

" 'The threat provoked the president," one source familiar with the decision told Newsmax." 

"The president also is said to be considering a new "shoot down" order for any North Korean missile launched and moving toward Japan or South Korea, another national security source told Newsmax.

" 'This is a clear exercise of self-defense, and there's no question we should do it," former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton told Newsmax.

"Bolton said U.S. allies South Korea and Japan "are in jeopardy" and said the United States must take steps to protect them under treaty obligations." . . .

Among these programs are the 26-year-old Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system, (THAAD), whose "hit to kill" interceptors are designed to shoot down an incoming missile through kinetic energy that explodes the missile on impact.
"It's called stopping a bullet with a bullet," one veteran intelligence expert told Newsmax.
The technology appears to be working.

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