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Was deployed and then it will intercept the rockets and destroy them. the first reinforcements can come from one of the many american paces in japan. home to the navy's seventh fleet and more than 100 aircraft. some 2,000 miles away, north korea threatened a nuclear strike on guam. now the u.s. is deploying a land-based missile defense system. somewhat easing fears of an attack on the u.s. territory. >> though i'm heartened to see the improvements in defense posture, i am concerned. not only as a governor, but as a man who has a wife and children and grandchildren here. >> you know, those are ...

Base south of seoul. >> that means that the bulk of u.s. military forces in korea are not going to necessarily be in range of the artillery strikes at the beginning. >> reporter: farther out in the western pacific, the navy deployed the uss decatur and uss mccain, armed with a sophisticated radar system to detect north korean missiles, and then launch rockets to intersent and destroy them. the first reinforcements could come from one of the many american bases in japan, home to the navy's 7th fleet and more than 100 aircraft. and some 2,000 miles away, north korea threatened a nuclear strike o...

The combined total of 90,000 u.s. troops all over the map. a bit like the u.s. response to these now daily threats. just yesterday secretary of defense chuck hagel called north korea a clear and present danger yet today officials at the pentagon and state department say they want to turn down the volume of their own rhetoric against the north. >> it was the ratcheting up of tensions on the dprk side that caused us to need to shore up our own defense posture. we have done that. but we have also been saying all the way through that this does not need to get hotter. we can change course here. >> ...

American people and our allies that we can defend the united states, that we will, and that we can defend our allies. so, from that perspective, it was the ratcheting up of tensions that causes us to need to shore up our own defense posture. we have done that, but we have also been saying, all the way through, that this does not need to get hotter, that it can -- we can change course here. >> so, basically a defense official tells cnn that the u.s. basically accused north orea of ramping things up, but the u.s. may have been guilty of doing the same on our end. i think what you're seeing from ...

In range of the artillery strikes at the beginning. >> reporter: farther out in the western pacific, the navy deployed the uss decatur and uss mccain, armed with a sophisticated radar system to detect north korean missiles, and then launch rockets to intersent and destroy them. the first reinforcements could come from one of the many american bases in japan, home to the navy's 7th fleet and more than 100 aircraft. and some 2,000 miles away, north korea threatened a nuclear strike on gu all. now the u.s. is deploying a land-based missile defense system, somewhat easing fears of an attack on the...