Gates Says U.S. Has No Plans to Shoot Down North Korean Missile

North Korea — Speaking today (3/29) on Fox News Sunday, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates addressed the issue of shooting down what the U.S. believes is a ballistic missile that North Korea is preparing to test-fire. Gates said, "I don't think we have any plans to do anything like that at this point."
He also said that the U.S. would consider taking defensive action towards the missile if "it was headed for Hawaii or something like that."

Of course, North Korea claims that what it is preparing to do is launch a communications satellite, and not test fire a missile. The North said its "launch" would take place sometime in the timeframe of April 4-8.

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By Planet Data