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US Fortifies Hawaii Against N. Korea Threat

Gates moves anti-missile system to islands ... just in case

By the Associated Press

Posted Jun 18, 2009 3:28 PM CDT

(AP) – Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he is positioning defenses near Hawaii just in case North Korea fires a missile across the Pacific toward the island state. Gates says he has sent the military's ground-based mobile missile system to Hawaii and positioned a radar system nearby.... Read full story »

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