South Korea and U.S. Begin Formal Talks on Missile Shield

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By GORDON LUBOLD in Washington and
ALASTAIR GALE in Seoul
Feb. 7, 2016 2:46 a.m. ET

Hours after a North Korean long-range rocket launch, Washington and Seoul said they were in consultations over the deployment of an advanced missile defense shield in South Korea.

The potential deployment of a Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense, or Thaad, system on the Korean Peninsula is strongly opposed by China.

From: South Korea and U.S. Begin Formal Talks on Missile Shield - WSJ

 

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South Korea needs Iron Dome more than anything for those North Korean artillery aimed at Seoul.

 

[Ragnar]

This is need of the hour. North is deploying used toilet paper.

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South Korea says will discuss new missile defence with U.S.

South Korea said on Sunday it and the United States would begin discussion on deploying an advanced missile-defence system to South Korea to counter the growing threat of North Korea’s weapons capabilities.

U.S. military officials have said the sophisticated system called Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) was needed in South Korea, which faces the threat of an increasingly advanced North Korean missile programme.

"If THAAD is deployed to the Korean peninsula, it will be only operated against North Korea," Yoo Jeh-seung, a senior official at the South Korean defence ministry said in a joint news conference with Thomas S. Vandal, commander of the Eighth U.S. Army based in South Korea.

North Korea launched a long-range rocket earlier on Sunday carrying what it has called a satellite. South Korea, other neighbours and Washington denounced the launch as a missile test.

South Korea says will discuss new missile defence with U.S. | Reuters