THAAD

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(ANTIMEDIA)  — In a show of force following North Korea’s latest test fire of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Friday, two U.S. supersonic B-1 bombers — accompanied by fighter jets from both South Korea and Japan — flew over the Korean Peninsula on Saturday.

Days after North Korea claimed its missiles can now hit targets throughout the United States, the US military claims to have successfully test-launched a THAAD missile over the Pacific.
This comes after the US and South Korea jointly launched several land based missiles from South Korean soil in retaliation for the North Korean missile launch from the 28th of July.

Sputnik – 06.07.2017 US officials say China has betrayed Washington in efforts to contain North Korea, citing a nearly 40% growth in trade between the two Asian countries. Chinese and Russian observers say the US doesn’t have its facts straight, and that Washington must work with, rather than ignore, Russian and Chinese initiatives on ensuring […]

Putin will meet with Trump amid heightened tensions over Syria and the US election hacking controversy in the US [Xinhua]
The Kremlin on Tuesday confirmed that a high level meaning between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump would indeed take place on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg Germany this Friday.

By Peter KORZUN | Strategic Culture Foundation | 30.06.2017 The US is pursuing an ambitious space policy to include vast missile defense plans. True, the existing systems may not be the most effective means to counter the ballistic missiles, but the United States is working hard to achieve technological breakthroughs to make missile defenses more reliable. Moreover, a US conventional […]

South Korean protesters stage a rally to oppose the plan to deploy the advanced U.S. missile defense system called Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, April 29, 2017 (AP/Ahn Young-joon)
In an interview today, South Korean President Moon Jae-in offered more details on the ongoing dispute over the US THAAD missile defense installed in the south of his country, a controversial deployment that he’s been critical of.

Sputnik – June 6, 2017 The deployment of the US Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile defense system in South Korea may be put on hold because of a new environmental assessment that will be launched by the country’s Defense Ministry, the head of the ministry said on Tuesday. “The order to conduct an environmental impact assessment is a guideline to enhance the […]

Press TV – May 30, 2017 South Korea’s new President Moon Jae-in has ordered an investigation into the “unauthorized” deployment of four additional THAAD missile launchers by the United States to the country’s soil. Presidential spokesman Yoon Young-chan said Moon was “shocked” to hear that the four additional launchers of the so-called Terminal High Altitude […]

South Korean President Moon Jae-in has called for an investigation into the mysterious appearance of four THAAD missile launchers that were previously undisclosed.
The placement of America’s THAAD anti-missile defence system in South Korea has angered many in South Korea, including those who voted for Moon as a kind of protest against the right-wing rule of his impeached predecessor Park Geun-hye. It was Park who agreed to have the US install their systems in the country.
South Korean Presidential spokesman Yoon Young-chan has stated,