South Korea, U.S. Select Site for Thaad Missile Defense System
- North Korea has vowed physical reitaliation for picking site
- China, Russia strongly oppose system on Korean peninsula
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South Korea and the U.S. selected the location for a new missile defense system, a move that will escalate tensions on the Korean peninsula and raise the ire of neighbor China.
South Korea’s Ministry of National Defense said the countries agreed to place the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense, or Thaad, system in Seongju, a mountainous region more than 200 kilometers (125 miles) southeast of Seoul. The site is near U.S. and South Korean military bases, but out of range of North Korea’s multiple rocket launchers, Yonhap News Agency reported.