Yonhap News Agency:

WASHINGTON, March 24 (Yonhap) — The United States needs to deploy its next generation missile defense systems on time or earlier to keep pace with North Korea’s growing missile capabilities, the commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command said Thursday.

Gen. Glen VanHerck, also the commander of U.S. Northern Command, made the remarks after North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Thursday (Seoul time).

“I’m comfortable with where we are today based on the intelligence I have with the current capabilities and capacity of North Korea,” VanHerck said in a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing.

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