Official: More interceptor missiles possible at Alaska's Fort Greely as threats assessed

Fort Greely
The number of interceptor missiles at Fort Greely could rise beyond the level announced earlier this year, depending on threats from other nations, the director of the Missile Defense Agency said.

In March, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said the Obama administration had decided to increase the number of missiles at Fort Greely to 44 in response to actions by North Korea.

But last week, the director of the Missile Defense Agency, Vice Admiral James Syring, told a U.S. Senate subcommittee that number could go higher as the department evaluates additional threats, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported (http://bit.ly/1b3XT6o). Fort Greely is near Delta Junction.

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