Here’s What It Might Look Like If the US Shot Down a North Korean Missile

The Department of Defense has released video footage of Sunday’s test of a U.S. missile defense system. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE9ja223xUw

The U.S. military conducted a test of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile system Sunday. A THAAD battery located at the Pacific Spaceport Complex Alaska in Kodiak, Alaska, detected, tracked, and intercepted a medium-range ballistic missile air-launched from a U.S. Air Force C-17 over the Pacific Ocean. Sunday’s test was the second successful test of the THAAD anti-missile system this month.

The U.S. began deploying THAAD in South Korea in March after North Korea launched a salvo of Scud missiles into the East Sea/Sea of Japan. The new South Korean government, after a period of initial hesitation and concern, is requesting additional THAAD batteries as the threat from its nuclear neighbor grows. (Read more from “Here’s What It Might Look Like If the US Shot Down a North Korean Missile” HERE)http://joemiller.us/2017/07/heres-might-look-like-us-shot-north-korean-missile/