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Gates Deploys THAAD and X-Band Radar to Hawaii

June 18, 2009 :: AP :: News

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has sent the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system to Hawaii to guard against the possibility of a North Korean missile launch. Japan's Yomiuri newspaper, citing a Japanese Defense Ministry report, claims that North Korea may be planning to launch Taepodong 2 towards Hawaii over the weekend of July 4th.

 

Secretary Gates has also deployed the sea-based X-band radar system to the region in order to monitor any launch activity. "We are in a good position, should it become necessary, to protect Americans and American territory," he said.

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