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| Trump announces new ground based interceptors in Alaska, radars, sensors 'to shield every city' | |
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| US President Donald Trump has announced plans for 20 new ground-based interceptors to be placed in Alaska which could “shield every city” in the country. | US President Donald Trump has announced plans for 20 new ground-based interceptors to be placed in Alaska which could “shield every city” in the country. |
| Speaking at the Pentagon on Thursday, Trump announced the details of a "Missile Defense Review" undertaken by his administration. The new report outlined “six major changes” in the US’s missile defense strategy, including the Alaska interceptors. | |
| Trump said the goal is for the US to be able to “terminate any missile launches from hostile powers, or even from powers that make a mistake.” | |
| “The world is changing — and we’re going to change much faster than the rest of the world, ” US president declared adding that the country could not “simply build more of the same or make only incremental improvements.” | |
| Trump also said that space would be recognized as the “new war-fighting domain” and that his previously promised ‘Spaceforce’ would be “leading the way.” His upcoming budget, he said, would invest in a “space-based missile defense layer.” | |
| The president said that the US was a “good player” on the world stage, but that Washington could be “far worse than anybody else if need be.” | |
| The review itself says that while an "avenue to peace" now exists with North Korea, the country still poses an "extraordinary threat" to the US. | |
| China, Iran and Russia are also named in the document as "current and emerging missile threats to the American homeland." | |
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