Two US Aegis Ships Ready to Intercept N. Korean Missile
By Lee Tae-hoon
Staff Reporter
Two U.S. Aegis-equipped destroyers will detect and trace North Korea's long-range missile to be launched between April 4 and 8, Yonhap News Agency reported Sunday.
USS John S. McCain and another U.S. Aegis destroyer that participated in the large-scale South Korea-U.S. Key Resolve exercise remain in the East Sea in response to the North's upcoming missile launch, a military source was quoted as telling Yonhap.
The 12-day command-post exercise, which involved 14,000 U.S. troops stationed outside the peninsula, ended Friday.
The two U.S. warships are ready to intercept what the Stalinist North claims a satellite if it is deemed to pose a threat, the source said.
Korean-American officer Jeffrey Kim commands the USS John S. McCain, whose four radars can detect any object within a radius of 1,000 kilometers, he said.
The 9,200-ton destroyer is also capable of shooting down the North's rocket with its SM-3 interceptor missiles, according to the source.
The SM-3s can fly at a speed of 9,600 kilometers per hour and hit missiles at up to 160 kilometers above the sea level.
Japan has also deployed its two Aegis destroyers equipped with SM-3 missiles in the East Sea ahead of the North's missile launch, sources said.
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jimbo1a (203.116.47.130)
03-24-2009 00:04
Amerkrean, good point on the rhetoric from the pedophile. He has gotten progressively worse, like a cancer on this forum. He has no idea what he is talking about, is wrong on just about everything, but keeps posting his ignorant crap.
jimbo1a (203.116.47.130)
03-24-2009 00:02
Well, that idiot Theisswipe shows just how little he knows once again. He says it's OK for NK to test as long as it's in it's own airspace. It has practically no airspace you moron, that's the problem. As soon as it leaves earth and takes a turn it will be out of NK airspace. You come here and make comments about how little people know, but you are the least informed of everyone.
mike123 (124.61.133.147)
03-23-2009 19:05
If NK wants to shoot a missile, If it goes over SK, Japan or USA then shoot it down. If it goes over China or Russia. Then the Chinese or Russians will decide what to do. I'm sure they will shoot the missile down, too.
Amerkrean (203.247.44.118)
03-23-2009 19:01
Arse says, "the u.n. means nothing and has little or no authority." That may or may not be true. However, if it weren't for the UN, none of us would have jobs as it was the UN who secured S. Korea's freedom. The Korean penninsula would be under the rule of KJI if the UN hadn't intervened. Of course Arse in the past has denigrated the UN's role.
Amerkrean (203.247.44.118)
03-23-2009 18:54
Arse says, "if no one said anything north korea would not be able to continue their rhetoric." That's kind of like Arse. If no one said anyghing to him, he wouldn't continue his rhetoric....Lie. Just wishful thinking.