STRESS | defensive system in the Pacific Oceño USA is taken 'seriously' to Pyongyang and deploy ballistic missiles in Guam

The new U.S. defense secretary Chuck Hagel has urged North Korea to end its "war rhetoric" and said that are taken "very seriously these threats." The official has said that the U.S. has taken action and reasonable measures in response to recent North Korean actions and warned about the danger of being wrong about the seriousness of these threats. " It is only necessary once wrong, and do not want to be the Secretary of Defense that was wrong once , "Hagel said the National Defense University in Washington. In this sense, the Pentagon reported that send a system of advanced ballistic missile defense to the island of Guam in the Pacific Ocean, in the coming weeks, as a precautionary measure. It addresses a THAAD missile system (Terminal High Altitude Defense) , the only one so far missiles designed to destroy short and intermediate range both within and outside the Earth's atmosphere. "This deployment will strengthen the capabilities to defend U.S. citizens in the U.S. territory of Guam and U.S. forces stationed there," Hagel said. In response to recent threats from the North Korean government, the United States had already sent the destroyers "Decatur" and "John McCain" to the Western Pacific. Last month the Pentagon announced a plan to strengthen missile defense systems the U.S. West Coast and be prepared for a possible missile attack.