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North Korea, in its rapidly escalating campaign for US appeasement has now threatened to resume missile testing. If they test any long range missiles, the US should shoot them down!

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The United States Navy claims a capability for boost phase intercept of ballistic missiles by the latest Standard Missile employed on Aegis warships. This claim has been explicitely made about Korean missile launches against Japan or the US.

Now is a chance to test the system, under real world conditions, while giving the Norks something to ponder. Shooting down the missiles would demonstrate both our ability to protect against Nork weapons, and our determination. At the same time, it would not cause enough damage to North Korea to be a valid causes bellum.

And of course, if we missed… hey, the Norks likely would never know.

All we have to do is position some Aegis ships near North Korea before a test - and intelligence should be able to provide time windows. The next time the NorKs fire a missile, and ZIP, ZAP POW - a fireworks display over the Sea of Japan!