SOUTH KOREA SUSPENDS U.S. MISSILE SHIELD DEPLOYMENT
South Korea has suspended the deployment of a US missile defense system intended to protect the country from North Korea.
The decision, made by South Korea’s newly elected president Moon Jae-in, was confirmed by a senior official in Seoul Wednesday who stated that although two previously-installed launchers of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system would remain, four others would not be deployed until an environmental impact assessment was completed.
“We won’t do anything to (the two launchers) already deployed, but when it comes to the additional deployment (of four launchers), we have to wait for the environmental impact assessment,” the official said.
The THAAD system is designed to locate and destroy short and medium-range missiles as they enter the final stages of flight.
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