U.S. Begins Thaad Deployment in South Korea After Missile Firing
- Trump tells Abe on call he wants Japan’s people to trust him
- North Korea warns peninsula inching to brink of war, AP says
Abe Secures Backing From Trump Amid North Korea Threat
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A day after North Korea’s latest provocation, the U.S. announced that it unloaded two mobile missile launchers in South Korea to start deployment of its Thaad missile-defense system on the peninsula.
The move by U.S. Pacific Command came as North Korea fired four ballistic missiles into the sea near Japan on Monday. The launches prompted President Donald Trump to reaffirm the U.S.-Japan military alliance in a phone call with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, pledging to demonstrate “there are very dire consequences” for such actions, according to a White House summary of the conversation. Trump also spoke with South Korea’s acting president, Hwang Kyo-ahn.