Pentagon drops Maine from list of potential missile defense sitesWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said on Friday it had dropped a site in Redington Township, Maine, from a list of potential U.S. sites to deploy more ground-based missile defense interceptors in addition to those in Alaska and California. The agency said other potential sites in New York, Michigan and Ohio remained under consideration, but stressed that no decision had been made to deploy or construct an additional site. MDA said the decision was made after extensive surveys of the potential Maine site, the Center for Security Forces Detachment Kittery Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape Facility (SERE East). “The (Maine) site presented irreversible environmental impacts, significant constructability concerns, and extensive costs associated with developing infrastructure in a remote area,” MDA said in a statement. The Pentagon said in January 2014 that it would conduct environmental impact studies for the four possible missile defense sites in line with a directive from Congress in 2013. The Missile Defense Agency reiterated on Friday that current interceptors on the West Coast would be able to defend the country against missile attacks from countries such as North Korea and Iran. U.S. lawmakers have expressed concern about Iran’s efforts to develop intercontinental ballistic missiles. MDA said that completing the required site studies and environmental impact statements would shorten the timeline to build such a site, if a decision were made in the future to proceed. Kingston Reif, director of disarmament and threat reduction policy at the nonprofit Arms Control Association, said the remaining three environmental impact studies were due to be completed by the end of fiscal year 2016, which ends Sept. 30. Riki Ellison, founder of the nonprofit Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance, said the Maine site was likely deemed too far north to provide protection for sites in the central United States. politicsNews
pentagon drops maine list potential missile defense siteswashington reuters the missile defense agency mda said friday dropped site redington township maine list potential sites deploy missile defense interceptor addition alaska california the agency said potential sites new york michigan ohio remained consideration stressed decision made deploy construct additional site mda said decision made extensive surveys potential maine site center security forces detachment battery survival evasion resistance escape facility were east the maine site presented irreversible environmental impacts significant constructability concerns extensive costs associated developing infrastructure remote area mda said statement the pentagon said january would conduct environmental impact studies four possible missile defense sites line directive congress the missile defense agency reiterated friday current interceptor west coast would able defend country missile attacks countries north korea iran lawmakers expressed concern iran efforts develop intercontinental ballistic missiles mda said completing required site studies environmental impact statements would shorten timeline build site decision made future proceed kingston ref director disarmament threat reduction policy nonprofit arms control association said remaining three environmental impact studies due completed end fiscal year ends wiki allison founder nonprofit missile defense advocacy alliance said maine site likely deemed far north provide protection sites central united states politicsnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Pentagon drops Maine from list of potential missile defense sitesWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said on Friday it had dropped a site in Redington Township, Maine, from a list of potential U.S. sites to deploy more ground-based missile defense interceptors in addition to those in Alaska and California. The agency said other potential sites in New York, Michigan and Ohio remained under consideration, but stressed that no decision had been made to deploy or construct an additional site. MDA said the decision was made after extensive surveys of the potential Maine site, the Center for Security Forces Detachment Kittery Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape Facility (SERE East). “The (Maine) site presented irreversible environmental impacts, significant constructability concerns, and extensive costs associated with developing infrastructure in a remote area,” MDA said in a statement. The Pentagon said in January 2014 that it would conduct environmental impact studies for the four possible missile defense sites in line with a directive from Congress in 2013. The Missile Defense Agency reiterated on Friday that current interceptors on the West Coast would be able to defend the country against missile attacks from countries such as North Korea and Iran. U.S. lawmakers have expressed concern about Iran’s efforts to develop intercontinental ballistic missiles. MDA said that completing the required site studies and environmental impact statements would shorten the timeline to build such a site, if a decision were made in the future to proceed. Kingston Reif, director of disarmament and threat reduction policy at the nonprofit Arms Control Association, said the remaining three environmental impact studies were due to be completed by the end of fiscal year 2016, which ends Sept. 30. Riki Ellison, founder of the nonprofit Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance, said the Maine site was likely deemed too far north to provide protection for sites in the central United States. politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: pentagon drops maine list potential missile defense siteswashington reuters the missile defense agency mda said friday dropped site redington township maine list potential sites deploy missile defense interceptor addition alaska california the agency said potential sites new york michigan ohio remained consideration stressed decision made deploy construct additional site mda said decision made extensive surveys potential maine site center security forces detachment battery survival evasion resistance escape facility were east the maine site presented irreversible environmental impacts significant constructability concerns extensive costs associated developing infrastructure remote area mda said statement the pentagon said january would conduct environmental impact studies four possible missile defense sites line directive congress the missile defense agency reiterated friday current interceptor west coast would able defend country missile attacks countries north korea iran lawmakers expressed concern iran efforts develop intercontinental ballistic missiles mda said completing required site studies environmental impact statements would shorten timeline build site decision made future proceed kingston ref director disarmament threat reduction policy nonprofit arms control association said remaining three environmental impact studies due completed end fiscal year ends wiki allison founder nonprofit missile defense advocacy alliance said maine site likely deemed far north provide protection sites central united states politicsnews