[Ronin]

About time!

[Redcitizen]

Just in time!

[Americanexpat]

I worked at the US Army base in Kuwait when we invaded Iraq the second time. We had several patriot batteries around Kuwait and when the Iraqis started send scud missile into Kuwait the patriot batteries knocked them out of the air one after the other for ten days. Only one got through and landed in Kuwait City. These guys and gals working these missile batteries were real hero's and saved a lot of lives.

[ThunderSleeps]

I wonder what the “defended area” footprint of the PAC-3 is? (for something coming in at the speed you’d expect for a MRBM from NK) If they deploy them at bases nation-wide, will it cover the entire Country? Maybe most major population centers? Equipping all their AEGIS DDGs with SM-3 is probably smart - gives them a lot of flexibility in assigning ships to put up a barrier between them and NK. Defense in depth.