New Report Illuminates Need for Missile Defense System Today
WASHINGTON --- Republican National Committee Chairman Jim Nicholson said the need for a national missile defense system is more urgent than ever before in the wake of a report today that North Korea now has the technology to reach the United States with a missile strike. "Republicans have been pushing the Clinton/Gore Administration for years to provide this country with a system to defend against an incoming enemy missile,'' Nicholson said. "Today we have evidence that one more rogue nation now has the capability to strike our country, and the time for debate has closed. President Clinton has publicly vowed to get back to the people's business, and one great way for him to start would be to commit to protecting the people of this nation from a missile attack.'' Today's report, issued by Japan's Defense Agency, concludes that North Korea has developed technology to propel a missile to portions of mainland America and even larger payloads to Alaska and Hawaii according to the Associated Press. North Korea has made significant improvements to its Taepodong 2 liquid fuel missiles in recent months, according to the report. "The Clinton/Gore policy that has left our nation vulnerable to missile attack from rogue dictators and terrorists must end,'' concluded Nicholson. Nicholson supports developing a sea-based missile defense system developed from the Navy's AEGIS fleet air defense system.
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New Report Illuminates Need for Missile Defense System Today
