[TigerLikesRooster]

P!

[wetphoenix]

Would they put ABMs in Cuba?

[Octar]

Why would anyone ever listen to any of these State Department spokesdopes?

[caww]

....”U.S. military plans to bring a Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense battery into South Korea”.....

And the reason S. Korea can’t build their own? Isn’t this just poking Ol’ Kim in the eyeball? Not that this hasn’t been the standard of late. Obama’s “pivot to Asia” seems to be right on the heels of Putins “pivots”.

[2001convSVT]

I hope they build it as far away from the DMZ as possible, perhaps near Pusan.

[Thunder90]

The Chinese are also not too happy about this...

But don’t worry, Obama will remove the system once he figures out it is going in.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

THAAD has only limited range, but it would be useful for more than regional defense. It could intercept Nork ICBMs aimed at the U.S. in boost phase, including weapons aimed at Hawaii. It would also provide a safe haven shield for naval assets, including carriers, from Chinese ballistic missiles.

I sure hope Obama doesn’t find out.

[McGruff]

And we’ve got a bunch of children in charge of our foreign policy.

[AdmSmith]

The United States said Thursday an advanced missile defense battery it plans to deploy to South Korea is not aimed at Russia, after Moscow expressed concern that the system would negatively affect the regional situation and provoke an arms race.

Read: The Soviets are angry that THAAD would reduce their possibility to threaten other countries.