WASHINGTON, March 15 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Friday announced that he has ordered the military to beef up the missile defense system by deploying 14 additional ground- based interceptors to the West Coast.
At a Pentagon press briefing, Hagel said that the newly- deployed interceptors will add to the 30 ground-based interceptors already in place at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California and Fort Greely, Alaska by fiscal year 2017.
Pentagon officials said that the total cost will be a little bit less than one billion dollars.
Hagel said the move was aimed to counter the threat from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
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