Head of U.S. missile defense says he's confident in ability to destroy North Korea missile
Saturday, June 24, 2006
WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon's missile defense chief predicted on Friday that interceptor rockets would hit and destroy a North Korean missile in flight if President Bush gave the order to attack it on a path to U.S. territory.
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