We Are Ready!!!

"March 26th, 2009 The San Diego-based guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65) fires a missile Thursday, March 26, 2009 during training exercise Stellar Daggers in the Pacific Ocean. Benfold engaged multiple targets with Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) Block IIIA and modified SM-2 BLK IV missiles. The overall objective of Stellar Daggers was to test the Aegis system's sea-based ability to simultaneously detect, track, engage and destroy multiple incoming air and ballistic missile threats during terminal or final phase of flight. The Benfold's Aegis Weapons System successfully detected and intercepted a cruise missile target with a SM-2 BLK IIIA, while simultaneously detecting and intercepting an incoming SRBM target with a modified SM-2 BLK IV. This is the first time the fleet has successfully tested the Aegis system's ability to intercept both an SRBM in terminal phase and a low-altitude cruise missile target at the same time. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)"

By now most have heard that our U. S. Navy has two Guided Missile Destroyers on duty in the Western Pacific Ocean to monitor the activities of the North Korean Government. The television media last evening, March 31, 2009 discussed the fact that the Korean's may launch a missile to test out the capabilities of their systems. You can see from the above picture and the narrative that our U. S. Navy has the capacity to protect our Country and our Allies.