Obama: U.S. preparing 'shield' to block low-level North Korea threats - CBS
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during his visit to Hanover, Germany April 25, 2016.REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is preparing to defend itself against North Korea, positioning its missile development systems and setting up a "shield" to counter low-level threats from an "erratic" country, U.S. President Barack Obama told CBS in an interview that aired on Tuesday.
"One of the things that we have been doing is spending a lot more time positioning our missile development systems, so that even as we try to resolve the underlying problem of nuclear development inside of North Korea, we're also setting up a shield that can at least block the relatively low-level threats that they're posing now," Obama said.
(Reporting by Washington newsroom; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
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