THAAD battery from Texas to be deployed in Seongju: sources

[Zarvan]

SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. military is expected to move one of its operational Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) batteries from Texas to South Korea to better counter Pyongyang's evolving nuclear and missile threats, local sources said Sunday.

Government sources said Washington is considering moving a battery from Fort Bliss to Seongju by late 2017 as part of an agreement with Seoul. The move will involve the deployment of the AN/TPY-2 radar and associated equipment, a command and communications unit, and some six truck-mounted launchers with eight interceptors each.

South Korea and the United States agreed to deploy a THAAD battery in July with Seoul announcing Friday that a country club near Mt. Dalma in North Gyeongsang Province being chosen as the site for the antimissile unit.

The two allies are expected to iron out details of the deployment at the 48th Security Consultative Meeting set for Oct. 20 in Washington.

An insider then said Washington has made clear it wants to set up the THAAD battery as soon as possible, to better assure South Korea that it is serious about defending the country from the North's missile and nuke capabilities.

Reflecting this stance, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Russel remarked during a hearing before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific last week that Washington will do its utmost to upgrade its defensive systems.

He said given the accelerating pace of North Korea's missile tests, the United States intends to deploy THAAD on an accelerated basis.

Others in the defense ministry said there is the possibility that servicemen from the U.S. THAAD battery in Guam will man the Mt. Dalma battery on a rotational basis.

"The soldiers at Guam are fully skilled in the THAAD system," an insider said. He estimated if these troops are assigned to South Korea they will stay some six months to a year.

Besides such plans, one official said that while the Lotte Skyhill Country Club will likely be designated as a military facility, Seoul plans to keep the size of the base as small as possible.

"Only the country club will be affected by the designation, with U.S. soldier likely to be stationed at a nearby base," an official hinted. This move will reduce the inconvenience for residents in surrounding areas, who are apprehensive that a military base in their midst will affect real estate prices and impose new development restrictions.

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[艹艹艹]

DF-21C

 

[C130]

DF-21C

THAAD isn't directed towards China so need to be insecure about THAAD, but once THAAD-ER is apporved then China should be concerned.

 

[Oldman1]

DF-21C

With that many missiles, China shouldn't have any complaints about THAAD being deployed to South Korea with confidence with those missiles that can overwhelm the system.

 

[艹艹艹]

THAAD isn't directed towards China so need to be insecure about THAAD, but once THAAD-ER is apporved then China should be concerned.

With that many missiles, China shouldn't have any complaints about THAAD being deployed to South Korea with confidence with those missiles that can overwhelm the system.

You will stimulate North Korea to continue its development of nuclear weapons
Maybe the U.S. government is willing to see North Korea develop nuclear weapons

 

[C130]

You will stimulate North Korea to continue its development of nuclear weapons
Maybe the U.S. government is willing to see North Korea develop nuclear weapons

NK was going to continue developing nuclear weapons no matter what.

China should step in and tell NK not develop nuclear weapons and there would be no need for THAAD or even AEGIS ashore. The pennisula would be a lot safer.

THAAD isn't a threat to NK nor China it's defensive in nature.

 

[艹艹艹]

NK was going to continue developing nuclear weapons no matter what.

China should step in and tell NK not develop nuclear weapons and there would be no need for THAAD or even AEGIS ashore. The pennisula would be a lot safer.

THAAD isn't a threat to NK nor China it's defensive in nature.

I have a question that I don't understand
After the end of the Korean War, the Chinese army returned to China, why the United States Army to stay in South korea.

 

[cloud4000]

I have a question that I don't understand
After the end of the Korean War, the Chinese army returned to China, why the United States Army to stay in South korea.

Because the Korean War never officially ended. US troops are there at the pleasure of South Korea.

 

[艹艹艹]

Because the Korean War never officially ended. US troops are there at the pleasure of South Korea.

 

[Oldman1]

You will stimulate North Korea to continue its development of nuclear weapons
Maybe the U.S. government is willing to see North Korea develop nuclear weapons

We don't want to see them developing it, but we are responding based on our interests in the region, no different than China is responding to THAAD. So expect to see more Aegis ships and THAAD units as North Korea developed more advance missiles. Who knows, maybe bringing back nuclear weapons is on the table as well.

 

[艹艹艹]

We don't want to see them developing it, but we are responding based on our interests in the region, no different than China is responding to THAAD. So expect to see more Aegis ships and THAAD units as North Korea developed more advance missiles. Who knows, maybe bringing back nuclear weapons is on the table as well.

South Korean people against THAAD

 

[Oldman1]

South Korean people against THAAD

Not going to stop the South Korean govt. from giving approval.

South Korean people against THAAD

Can't have both ways. They are against North Korea nuclear missiles as well.

 

[艹艹艹]

Not going to stop the South Korean govt. from giving approval.

South Korea's president is going to step down.

 

[Oldman1]

South Korean people against THAAD

South Korea's president is going to step down.

Is she? Will the next president be against THAAD?

South Korea's president is going to step down.

I believe the best way to support THAAD is to have more nuclear tests and ballistic missiles by North Korea.

South Korea's president is going to step down.

THAAD Opposition Fades After 5th North Korean Nuke Test

SEOUL —

Opposition to the deployment of the U.S. Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile system is weakening in South Korea’s National Assembly in the face of North Korea’s rapid advancement of it nuclear and ballistics missile capabilities.

“In the aftermath of the fifth nuclear test of North Korea and the firing of the SLBM [Submarine Launch Based Missile], I have felt a little bit of change in the National Assembly towards THAAD deployment,” said Chung Sye-kyun, the speaker of the National Assembly in Seoul.

THAAD is a missile defense battery designed to intercept and destroy incoming ballistic missiles during their final, or terminal, phase of flight. It has so far proven effective against short- and medium-range ballistic missiles.

 

[艹艹艹]

Is she? Will the next president be against THAAD?



I believe the best way to support THAAD is to have more nuclear tests and ballistic missiles by North Korea.



THAAD Opposition Fades After 5th North Korean Nuke Test

SEOUL —

Opposition to the deployment of the U.S. Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile system is weakening in South Korea’s National Assembly in the face of North Korea’s rapid advancement of it nuclear and ballistics missile capabilities.

“In the aftermath of the fifth nuclear test of North Korea and the firing of the SLBM [Submarine Launch Based Missile], I have felt a little bit of change in the National Assembly towards THAAD deployment,” said Chung Sye-kyun, the speaker of the National Assembly in Seoul.

THAAD is a missile defense battery designed to intercept and destroy incoming ballistic missiles during their final, or terminal, phase of flight. It has so far proven effective against short- and medium-range ballistic missiles.