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WASHINGTON 鈥?As North Korea rattles its nuclear saber, threatening to bomb the U.S. at any moment, a nerve-jangling question hangs in the air: If Pyongyang did launch a nuclear-armed missile at an American city, could the Pentagon missile defenses overcome their spotty test record and shoot it down beyond U.S. shores America has never faced such a real-life crisis, and although officials say they are confident the defenses would work as advertised, the Pentagon acknowledges potential gaps that North Korea or others might be able to exploit, someday if not immediately.One possible vulnerability involves a foe countermeasures, or decoys carried aboa
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