Here's the story from the LA Times: http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-missile-defense-signing-20161223-story.html http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-missile

Here's the story from the LA Times: http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-missile-defense-signing-20161223-story.html http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-missile-defense-signing-... "One struck the word “limited” from language describing the mission of the country’s homeland missile defense system. The system is designed to thwart a small-scale attack by a non-superpower such as North Korea or Iran." The real fear is that a small country will acquire missiles with nukes. It's really only a matter of time, a decade perhaps. The upside of technology advancing is that a private company will get to Mars. The downside is that a lot more countries will have the technology for military use.