U.S. Prepared for North Korean Missile Threat, General Says

The head of U.S. Northern Command said yesterday that the military is prepared to eliminate an incoming North Korean ballistic missile, Agence France-Presse reported.

"If we felt the North Koreans were going to shoot a ballistic missile at us today, I am comfortable that we would have an effective system that would meet that need," Air Force Gen. Victor Renuart, who also leads the North American Aerospace Defense Command, said during a hearing on Capitol Hill.

North Korea is seen as a "very limited threat," Renuart said while discussing the capabilities of land-based U.S. missile defense systems.

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