Photo: APWashington: US President Donald Trump is seeking an additional $4 billion in defence budget for urgent missile defence improvements citing increasing threat posed by North Korea. Trump said his request for an additional $4 billion is to support urgent missile defeat and defence enhancements to counter the threat from North Korea. “These ships provide critical naval presence and additional ballistic missile defence capabilities in the Asia-Pacific theater,” he said. “In fact, the House and Senate Armed Services Committees have already authorized many of these missile defence programs in our respective defence bills,” they said. Having completed his first visit to Japan, Trump on Monday landed in South Korea, after which he would travel to China.

Source: Mint November 07, 2017 03:33 UTC