August 10, 2006 :: MDAA :: News
The Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance (MDAA) has called for the deployment of 10 additional ground-based interceptors at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, to protect the West Coast from a possible North Korean ballistic missile attack. The U.S. already has two ground-based interceptors at Vandenberg AFB, as well as nine at Fort Greely in Alaska. MDAA also advocated for the deployment of an Aegis-equipped cruiser armed with Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) interceptors in the waters off Hawaii, and the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system at the Barking Sand Naval Base in Kauai, Hawaii. To defend against the missile threat from Iran, the alliance called for the development of a third interceptor site in Europe, and the deployment of Aegis-equipped cruisers in the Mediterranean Sea, North Sea, and Persian Gulf. The alliance added that the U.S. must continue to develop and invest in future missile defense assets, in particular systems capable of destroying missiles in their boost phase.
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