Gates tells congressman US fully protected from North Korean threat "for a number of years."
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Defense Secretary Robert Gates expressed confidence on Tuesday that the United States could shoot down any North Korean missile fired toward America.
Gates told US lawmakers at a hearing Tuesday that the US would have a "high probability of being able to defend ourselves" if the North fired a long-range missile.
He said that US missile interceptors "are fully adequate to protect us from the North Korean threat for a number of years."
He added that if the North Korean "threat" should change, the United States could easily expand its missile interceptor force.
North Korea has announced that it tested a nuclear device and is apparently assembling for a long-range missile test.
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