US deploys monitoring radar after N.Korea long-range missile threat

The United States has deployed a high-tech radar to monitor for potential North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile test launches, a US defense official said on Wednesday.


North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the nuclear-capable hermit nation was in the final stages of test-launching an intercontinental ballistic missile.

The country carried out two nuclear tests and numerous missile launches in 2016 in pursuit of its oft-stated goal of developing a weapons system capable of hitting the US mainland with a nuclear warhead.

An official speaking on condition of anonymity said the sea-based X-band radar (SBX) left Hawaii on Monday and would reach its intended destination some 2,000 miles (3,218 kilometers) northwest of the Pacific island near the end of January, Reuters reported.
 [i24news.tv/AFP]
12/1/17
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