Hagel Announces Extra Missile Defenses in Alaska by September 2017

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced that one billion dollars will be spent to add fourteen extra missile interceptors to Fort Greely, Alaska.

There are already twenty-six missile interceptors at Fort Greely, but Hagel feels that the heightened aggression from North Korea, warrants the increased defenses.

The interceptors are expected to be in place, by September of 2017.

North Korea has become increasingly hostile, even threatening a preemptive nuclear strike against the US.

On Tuesday, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper suggested that North Korea might already have mobile ICBMs in the field.

Just a month ago, the North conducted a nuclear test and three months ago were successful in testing a long range rocket.

South Korean and US forces are currently in the midst of war games, set to last until the end of April.