Ironically, there are rumors of flagging Navy support in recent budget deliberations for a program that could effectively provide U.S. carrier battle groups with several means for mitigating these missile threats: the Navy Unmanned Combat Air System (N-UCAS).

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On Sunday, U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon also asked the North to refrain from further missile tests.

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