{"id":43262,"date":"2017-08-31T06:58:18","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T06:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=43262"},"modified":"2017-08-31T06:58:18","modified_gmt":"2017-08-31T06:58:18","slug":"u-s-navy-shoots-down-medium-range-missile-off-hawaii-in-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/u-s-navy-shoots-down-medium-range-missile-off-hawaii-in-test.html","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Navy Shoots Down Medium-Range Missile Off Hawaii in Test"},"content":{"rendered":"

U.S. Navy Shoots Down Medium-Range Missile Off Hawaii in Test<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

U.S. Navy Shoots Down Medium-Range Missile Off Hawaii in Test:- U.S. forces shot down a medium-range ballistic missile off the coast of Hawaii Wednesday as part of a test conducted amid heightened regional tensions.<\/span><\/p>\n

Early Wednesday local time, U.S. Navy sailors on the USS John Paul Jones “successfully conducted a complex defense flight test,” according to a statement by the Missile Defense Agency, a section of the Defense Department.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We are working closely with the fleet to develop this important new capability, and this was a key milestone,” the agency’s director Lt. Gen. Sam Greaves said in a statement. “We will continue developing ballistic missile defense technologies to stay ahead of the threat as it evolves.”<\/span><\/p>\n

This is not the first time the U.S. forces have conducted this sort of test.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wednesday’s move by the U.S. came after a series of North Korean missile tests and threats by Kim Jong Un. On Monday, Pyongyang fired a ballistic missile over Japan. This prompted President Donald Trump to say the U.S. is “100 percent with Japan.”<\/span><\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Trump tweeted that, “The U.S. has been talking to North Korea, and paying them extortion money, for 25 years. Talking is not the answer!”<\/span><\/p>\n

Later Wednesday morning, Secretary of Defense James Mattis said, “We’re never out of diplomatic solutions.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Mattis, appearing alongside his South Korean counterpart, Defense Minister Song Young Moo, added, “We continue to work together and the minister and I share responsibility to provide for the protection of our nation our populations and our interests, which is what we are here to discuss.”<\/span><\/p>\n

In a statement released by the White House on Tuesday, Trump reiterated that “all options are on the table” when it comes to North Korea.<\/span><\/p>\n

He added: “Threatening and destabilizing actions only increase the North Korean regime\u2019s isolation in the region and among all nations of the world.”<\/span><\/p>\n

The U.S. and South Korea are currently conducting war games, and North Korea typically reacts with anger to such military drills.<\/span><\/p>\n

North Korea aims to build an arsenal of nuclear missiles that can reliably target the United States. In addition, leader Kim has conducted several long-range ballistic missile tests this year, including firing two intercontinental ballistic missiles.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/u-s-navy-shoots-down-medium-range-missile-hawaii-test-n797326<\/span><\/p>\n

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