Rogers Calls for Increased Missile Defense Assets after Dprk Icbm Test

Washington, DC, February 20, 2023

U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, released a statement following a recent ICBM test by North Korea.

"The recent North Korean ICBM test is a stark reminder that Kim Jong Un is an unstable dictator with a growing nuclear arsenal capable of ranging the U.S. homeland. Protecting the U.S. homeland must be paramount as we develop our 2024 budget, and this includes fully-funding homeland missile defense assets. What has to be done is clear – we must accelerate our missile defense development to outpace the DPRK threat. This includes speeding up the Next Generation Interceptor, putting more interceptors in the ground, and looking to space-based missile defenses."