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U.S. Begins Installing Missile Defense System in South Korea
The U.S. has begun the installation of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense missiles system:
The US military has started installing a controversial missile defence system at a site in South Korea, amid high tensions over neighbouring North Korea's nuclear and missile ambitions. The Thaad system is designed to protect against threats from North Korea.
Hundreds of local residents protested against the deployment, as vehicles carrying equipment arrived at the site in the south of the country. China argues Thaad will destabilise security in the region. The US has in recent days deployed warships and a submarine to the Korean peninsula, amid fears North Korea could be planning further missile or nuclear tests.
Admiral Harry Harris said that the THAAD system would bring Kim Jong-un "to his senses, not to his knees".
FireEye recently claimed that China is attempting to hack South Korean targets to delay the deployment of THAAD.
U.S. Moves Anti-Missile Kit to S. Korea
Reuters reports that the United States has transported components of the THAAD anti-missile system to the site chosen for it in South Korea, amid protests:
[...] and was denounced by the frontrunner in South Korea's presidential election on May 9.
A spokesman for Moon Jae-in said the decision "ignored public opinion and due process" and demanded the deployment be suspended until the next administration was in place and had made its policy decision.
China has expressed opposition to deployment of the system. AFP via Yahoo! reports that:
The South's tourist industry has been hammered by Beijing's boycott over THAAD, with Chinese visitor numbers -- normally more than half the total -- plummeting 40 percent last month even though the ban only came into force on March 15.
Retail conglomerate Lotte -- which provided the Seongju golf course site to the Seoul government -- has also been targeted, with 85 of its 99 stores in China shut down.
Additional coverage:
- Bloomberg
- Korea Herald
- VOA News (U.S. government outlet)
- AFP via inquirer.net
Previous stories:
International Relations Strained over S. Korean Anti-missile Plans
G20 Summit Roundup
South Korea to Receive U.S. Anti-Missile Interceptor System
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(Score: 2) by bob_super on Thursday April 27 2017, @09:05PM (3 children)
I saw an amusing segment last year, in which a journalist went to the Texas border to look at the effect of the previous fence (R voted during Bush/Obama).
Because you can't build a fence in the river footprint, they had to build it north of some ranches, and even a golf course, putting Americans on the wrong side of the border fence designed to protect them from the Evil Mexicans...
Trump's wall won't be any different, unless they want to rebuild it after every minor flood (while violating more international agreements).
(Score: 2) by edIII on Thursday April 27 2017, @09:34PM (2 children)
That's why I don't understand the wall. Having advocated for it in the past, I just can't understand why ignorant wall supporters are unable to assimilate new data.
You just pointed out a severe engineering flaw that would require renegotiation of our borders just to create an effective one. All of those people living on the border would need to be removed with eminent domain. Add to it the environmental analysis, which is bleak, and a physical wall is simply precluded. Yet, they persist.
Why are they so fucking stupid? You could plant a sensor grid network along the whole border, including Canada, and get a more effective and secure barrier. If they need to a get an erection to get onboard, why doesn't the U.S border patrol being increased by several times with new equipment to get them to where they need faster, give them that warrior stiffy they so desire?
They've gone full retard.
Technically, lunchtime is at any moment. It's just a wave function.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 28 2017, @03:33AM
If they need to a get an erection to get onboard, why doesn't the U.S border patrol being increased by several times with new equipment to get them to where they need faster, give them that warrior stiffy they so desire?
They saw China's... wall... in the locker room.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 28 2017, @04:14AM
No, not full retard. It is a MASSIVE pork project and it was an easy sell. It is 100% about corruption and crony capitalism.