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US Missile Defense Agency Head: North Korea’s ICBM Ambitions a Source of ‘Great Concern’

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US Missile Defense Agency Head: North Korea’s ICBM Ambitions a Source of ‘Great Concern’

Can U.S. ballistic missile defense efforts outpace North Korea’s progress toward an ICBM?

US Missile Defense Agency Head: North Korea’s ICBM Ambitions a Source of ‘Great Concern’
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Testifying before the U.S. House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday, Vice Admiral James Syring, the head of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, said that advances in North Korea’s ballistic missile capabilities were a source of “great concern.”

Syring’s testimony, which came shortly after South Korea’s presidential office announced that it would suspend the deployment of additional Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) launchers, explored the state of the North Korean threat and of U.S. missile defense efforts to protect the United States.

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