The U.S. Is Pouring Money Into Missile Defense

The Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) element of the U.S. ballistic missile defense system launches during a flight test from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on May 30, 2017. (REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson)

Epoch Times: North Korea’s Missile Tests Give U.S. Missile Defense a $12 Billion Boost

Kim Jong Un may have started an arms race his crippled economy can't hope to win.

Kim Jong Un’s race for a nuclear missile could become a lesson in unintended consequences as the United States and other nations try to prepare for the possibility of another Korean War.

The communist regime’s successful missile test on Nov. 28, came 12 days after Congress approved a $700 billion defense budget that slotted $12.3 billion for the Missile Defense Agency to rapidly buildup America’s missile defenses. That was $4 billion more than President Donald Trump had asked for missile defense, even before North Korea proved it could hit Washington D.C. with a missile.

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Update: If North Korea fires a nuclear missile at the U.S., how could it be stopped? (Washington Post).

WNU Editor: Too little and too late for a technology (i.e. missile defense) that still has a lot of hurdles to overcome, while the North Koreans continue to make strides .... 'Just a matter of time': North Korea's missile capabilities may be closer than once thought (CBC).