North Korea’s latest intercontinental ballistic missile test has prompted the South to speed up the deployment of a U. S. missile defense system despite strong protests from China, Seoul’s defense minister said Saturday. The U. S. military will also roll out …
North Korea’s latest intercontinental ballistic missile test has prompted the South to speed up the deployment of a U. S. missile defense system despite strong protests from China, Seoul’s defense minister said Saturday.
The U. S. military will also roll out « strategic assets » to the South following the North’s missile test late Friday, he said.
Parts of the THAAD defense system were brought into the country under the government of ousted president Park Geun-Hye, but new leader Moon Jae-In suspended deployment of the program last month, citing the need for a new environmental impact assessment.
« We will soon start consultations on the tentative deployment » of the remaining components of the THAAD battery in response to Pyongyang’s most recent test, Defence Minister Song Young-Moo told journalists.
