{"id":23876,"date":"2017-03-07T07:54:04","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T07:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=23876"},"modified":"2017-03-07T07:54:04","modified_gmt":"2017-03-07T07:54:04","slug":"u-s-starts-deploying-anti-missile-system-in-south-korea-after-defiant-north-latest-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/u-s-starts-deploying-anti-missile-system-in-south-korea-after-defiant-north-latest-test.html","title":{"rendered":"U.S. starts deploying anti-missile system in South Korea after defiant North\u00a0latest test\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tU.S. starts deploying anti-missile system in South Korea after defiant North latest test <\/span><\/strong><\/span>
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\n\tU.S. starts deploying anti-missile system in South Korea after defiant North latest test :- The United States started to deploy the first elements of its advanced anti-missile defence system in South Korea on Tuesday after North Korea's test of four ballistic missiles, U.S. Pacific Command said, despite angry opposition from China.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe announcement came as North Korean state media said leader Kim Jong Un had personally supervised Monday's missile launches by an army unit that is positioned to strike U.S. bases in Japan, stepping up threats against Washington as U.S. troops conduct joint military exercises with South Korea.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t"Continued provocative actions by North Korea, to include yesterday's launch of multiple missiles, only confirm the prudence of our alliance decision last year to deploy THAAD to South Korea," U.S. Pacific Commander Admiral Harry Harris said in a statement, referring to the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile system.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe move by the U.S. military is likely to deepen the brewing conflict between South Korea and China, which says the THAAD deployment destroys the regional security balance.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe four ballistic missiles fired by North Korea landed in the sea off Japan's northwest, angering Seoul and Tokyo, days after Pyongyang promised retaliation over the military drills that it sees as preparation for war.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tU.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe discussed the launches by the nuclear-armed North during a phone call on Tuesday.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t"Japan and the U.S. confirmed that the latest North Korean missile launches were clearly against U.N. resolutions and a clear provocation against the regional and international community," Abe told reporters. "(North Korea's) threat has entered a new phase."<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tTrump also spoke to South Korea's acting President Hwang Kyo-<\/span><\/span>ahn<\/span><\/span> to discuss the North's missile launches, Hwang's office said.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t"MERCILESSLY RETALIATE"<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tReclusive North Korea, which has carried out a series of nuclear and missile tests in defiance of United Nations resolutions, issued a typically robust statement on state news agency KCNA after the missile launches.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t"In the hearts of artillerymen … there was burning desire to mercilessly retaliate against the warmongers going ahead with their joint war exercises," KCNA said.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIt said Kim ordered the Korean People's Army's Strategic Force "to keep highly alert as required by the grim situation in which an actual war may break out any time, and get fully ready to promptly move, take positions and strike so that it can open fire to annihilate the enemies".<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe missiles North Korea fired on Monday were unlikely to have been intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), South Korea said, which can reach the United States. They flew on average 1,000 km (620 miles) and reached an altitude of 260 km (160 miles).<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tSome landed as close as 300 km (190 miles) from Japan's northwest coast, Japan's defence minister said earlier.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tSouth Korean military and intelligence officials said on Tuesday the four North Korean missiles appeared to be an upgraded version of the <\/span><\/span>Scud type<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tNorth Korea is mired in a separate diplomatic row with Malaysia over the killing of Kim's estranged half-brother at Kuala Lumpur airport last month. [L5N1GK0AA]<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe two countries have expelled each other's ambassador from their capitals and on Tuesday announced tit-for-tat bans on departures of each other's nationals, sharply escalating tensions between two countries that, until the killing of Kim Jong Nam, had maintained rare close ties.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe United States and Japan have requested a United Nations Security Council meeting on the latest North Korean missile launches, which will likely be scheduled for Wednesday, diplomats said.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe planned installation of the U.S. anti-missile defence system has led to a diplomatic standoff between China and South Korea.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tChinese authorities have closed nearly two dozen retail stores of South Korea's Lotte Group, which approved a land swap with the country's military last week to allow it to install the system.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tChina's state-run Global Times warned the possibility of war on the Korean peninsula was growing because of the U.S.-South Korean military drills and the North Korean missile launches.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t"The Chinese public is angry that Pyongyang's nuclear programme has provided an excuse for Seoul to deploy THAAD," the tabloid said in an editorial.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t"Pyongyang blindly believes nuclear weapons are the greatest guarantee of its national security regardless that the reality is the opposite," it said.China objects to the THAAD deployment, saying its territory is the target of the system's far-reaching radar. South Korea and the United States have said the missile system is aimed only at curbing North Korean provocations.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Yonhap news agency said the THAAD deployment could be completed in one or two months.<\/span><\/span>
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\n\tSource:- http:\/\/in.reuters.com\/article\/northkorea-missiles-kim-tests-idINKBN16D2PU<\/span><\/p>\n

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