Internet in the United States Internet in the United States The Internet in the United States grew out of the ARPANET, a network sponsored by the Advanced Research Projects Agency of the U.S. Department of Defense during the 1960s. The Internet in the United States in turn provided the foundation for the worldwide Internet of today. Internet access in the United States is largely provided by the private sector and is available in a variety of forms, using a variety of technologies, at a wide range of speeds and costs. In 2015, 97.5% of Americans were using the Internet, which ranks the U.S. 4th out
US missile defense system in Asia-Pacific Region O. Work made a working tour of the Asia-Pacific region, during which he met with the heads of the defense ministries of the ROK and Japan, visited Guam and Hawaii. During the meetings the issues of counter-terrorism, global security and missile defense were discussed. The direction of the US policy to strengthen its influence in the Asia-Pacific region is due to the increasing economic and military potential of China. That also confirms the US desire to form a new alliance of "security" in the Asia-Pacific region, ignoring the positions of Russia and China. The new alliance, forming in the Asia-Pacific