{"id":1991,"date":"2017-04-27T23:20:39","date_gmt":"2017-04-27T23:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/?p=1991"},"modified":"2017-04-27T23:20:39","modified_gmt":"2017-04-27T23:20:39","slug":"hawaii-may-get-missile-interceptor-site-to-defend-against-n-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2017\/04\/27\/hawaii-may-get-missile-interceptor-site-to-defend-against-n-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"HAWAII MAY GET MISSILE INTERCEPTOR SITE TO DEFEND AGAINST N. KOREA"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By: Hope Hodge Seck<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

As North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un issues specific threats against the U.S. and other nations, the state of Hawaii may need to shore up its defenses, the commander of U.S. Pacific Command told lawmakers Wednesday.<\/p>\n

While the West Coast of the United States sits nearly 6,000 miles away from North Korea, the Pacific islands that make up Hawaii are considerably closer \u2014 about 4,600 miles from the Korean peninsula. And as the rogue North Korean regime continues to execute missile tests, U.S. officials should study the feasibility of creating a Hawaii-based ballistic missile interceptor site for protection, Adm. Harry Harris said.<\/p>\n

\u201cKim Jong Un is clearly in a position to threaten Hawaii today, in my opinion,\u201d Harris told the House Armed Services Committee.<\/p>\n

Currently, the United States has Ground-Based Midcourse Defense Sites at Fort Greely, Alaska, and Vandenberg Air Force Base<\/a>, California.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe that our ballistic missile architecture is sufficient to protect Hawaii today, but it can be overwhelmed,\u201d Harris said. \u201cAnd if Kim Jong Un or someone launched [intercontinental ballistic missiles] against the United States, then somewhere we\u2019d have to make a decision on which ones to take out or not.\u201d<\/p>\n

Essentially, he explained, the existing interceptors are capable of targeting a finite number of incoming missiles. If an enemy fired enough missiles in a single attack to overwhelm that defensive capacity, some would be guaranteed to get through.<\/p>\n

More defenses are coming for Hawaii, Harris said. He said he supports the pending deployment of a defensive Hawaii radar system being considered for development by the Missile Defense Agency. The Navy\u2019s<\/a> guided-missile destroyers now being equipped with Aegis<\/a> Baseline 9, specifically geared toward ballistic missile defense, are also needed, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the defensive Hawaii radar is coming. I think the interceptors piece is yet to be determined,\u201d Harris said. \u201cBut I believe we should certainly look at it. I believe we would not be doing our job if we didn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harris noted that Kim Jong Un has recently made threats against locations including New York City; Washington, D.C.; Colorado; and Australia, as well as Hawaii. Many of these threats he appears to be unable to carry out. Nonetheless, Harris said the United States must treat the dictator\u2019s threats as credible.<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now, there is probably a mismatch between KJU\u2019s rhetoric and his capability,\u201d he said. \u201c\u2026 But I believe that we have to look at North Korea as if [he] will do what he says.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sourced : Defensetech.org By: Hope Hodge Seck As North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un issues specific threats against the U.S. and other nations, the state of Hawaii may need to shore up its defenses, the commander of U.S. Pacific Command told lawmakers Wednesday. While the West Coast of the United States sits nearly 6,000 miles… Continue reading HAWAII MAY GET MISSILE INTERCEPTOR SITE TO DEFEND AGAINST N. KOREA<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1459,1458,1242,98],"class_list":["post-1991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-security-and-strategy","tag-ground-based-midcourse-defense-sites","tag-hawaii","tag-kim-jong-un","tag-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1991"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1993,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1991\/revisions\/1993"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}