China Threatens Arms Race Over U.S. Missile Defense
THAAD deployed to South Korea
BY: Bill Gertz
FreeBeacon.com
March 8, 2017
China on Tuesday reacted harshly to the U.S. military’s deployment of an advanced missile defense system to South Korea—one day after North Korea fired a salvo of 600-mile range missiles toward Japan.
The first battery of the Army’s Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense, a long-range mobile missile defense system, arrived in South Korea on Tuesday for deployment to a location in the southeastern part of the country.
“We solemnly object to South Korea and the U.S. deployment of THAAD and will resolutely take necessary actions in order to safeguard our security interests,” Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told reporters in Beijing.
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