A Missile Defense System In Maine? Feds Schedule Meetings
A missile defense system in Maine? Could very well be.
Worries about North Korea and Iran eventually launching missiles aimed at the U.S. has prompted our country to begin looking for sites to house new missile defense systems. One of those sites may be in Maine.
Currently, the government is looking at Redington Township, which is to the west of Sugarloaf Mountain in Franklin County, home to The Center for Security Forces Detachment Kittery Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape Facility (SERE East).
The Missile Defense Agency in cooperation with the U.S. Navy will hold "Public Scooping Meetings" here in Maine. At the moment, the main purpose of the meetings is to gauge the impact on our state's environment and to get thoughts from the public.
In the statement just released, it says: