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The folks at NORAD have been training for, and responding to, events like this for decades:

Operators at NORAD, deep inside Cheyenne Mountain, have prepared for years for a missile launch from North Korea.

“We want to make the President make a smart decision, we don’t want to start World War III,” said Lt. Col. Ed Maitland, NORAD. “So we have to make sure, without a doubt, that this information is accurate.”

If a launch should occur, satellites would detect heat and will immediately contact NORAD with a “quick alert.”

During a test run, an animation showed the would-be “missile” going into radar coverage where NORAD could predict the impact point. The decision to retaliate is then made by the president.

According to KRDO-TV in Colorado NORAD is at a heightened “Bravo-Plus” security level:

There are five levels of alert: normal, Alpha (low), Bravo (medium), Charlie (high) and Delta (critical). “Bravo-Plus” is slightly higher than a medium threat level.

The Cheyenne Mountain Air Station And Buckley Air Force Base are among four installations in the country at the higher alert level ordered last week by then- Acting-Commander of Air Force Space Command, General Fred Klotz.

Space Command would not comment on the reason for the security increase.

The order also affects Vandenberg Air Force Base in California and Patrick air force base in Florida.

Meanwhile the North Koreans report:

The U.S. has deployed latest “U-2 S Block 20″ in south Korea, timed to coincide with its evermore undisguised military threat and blackmail against the DPRK. This is another grave military provocation against the DPRK and an extremely dangerous move for a war of aggression against it to push the situation on the Korean Peninsula to the brink of war. A spokesman for the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland said this in a statement on June 30.

The reality clearly indicates that the U.S. remains unchanged in its criminal attempt to stifle the DPRK by force of arms, the statement noted, and continued:

The U.S. is recklessly driving the situation on the peninsula to the brink of war, preoccupied with the moves for a war against the DPRK. This grave situation once again goes to prove that peace has been preserved on the peninsula so far entirely thanks to the DPRK’s strong war deterrent. Now that the U.S. is set to ignite a nuclear war for the purpose of disturbing peace and stability on the peninsula by force, the DPRK is compelled to bolster up its deterrent for self-defence under the uplifted banner of Songun.
The army and people of the DPRK are fully prepared to counter any provocation and challenge of the U.S.

It sounds scary but don’t be alarmed by the tone of the North Korean news. It’s sounded like that for decades.

Related:
Cheyenne Mountain Air Station
Buckley Air Force Base
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Patrick Air Force Base

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