Australia to Speed Missile Defense Development, Turnbull Says
- U.S. missile shield system isn’t suitable for Australia: PM
- Turbull calls on China to rein in North Korea’s nuclear plans
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
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Australia will press ahead with a missile defense program to protect its forces, but a U.S. shield system isn’t appropriate, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said.
The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, system mentioned in recent briefings is “not really suitable for our situation,” Turnbull told reporters at the Group of 20 Summit on Friday. The meeting in Hamburg has been overshadowed by North Korea’s first successful launch last week of a missile capable of reaching at least part of the U.S.