Act of War – North Korea Missile Targeting Hawaii

The United States reportedly deployed anti-missile defenses around Hawaii as intelligence reports revealed that North Korea is aiming its most advanced ballistic missile toward the U.S. islands this coming July which will add to an already high tension situation around the region.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates stated that additional defenses in the vicinity of Hawaii composes a ground-based mobile missile system and a radar system and is well capable of shooting down any incoming hostile projectiles such as missiles in mid air.

“Without telegraphing what we will do, I would just say … we are in a good position, should it become necessary, to protect Americans and American territory,” Gates was quoted saying to reporters in Washington on Thursday.

North Korean Taepodong 2 Missile

Also, a report in a Japanese newspaper said North Korea is getting ready to test-fire its Taepodong-2 in the direction of Hawaii during the Fourth of July Independence Day celebrations. Pyongyang has in fact test-fired a similar long-range missile on July 4 three years ago, but failed within seconds of liftoff. The missile in question in North Korea is believed to be a Taepodong-2 with a range of up to 4,000 miles (6,500 kilometers), and would be launched from North Korea’s Tongchang-ri site on the northwestern coastal region sometime around July 4, according to the Yomiuri newspaper.