Pentagon to address missile defense system delays with South Korea

June 15, 2017

The Hill:

Defense Secretary James Mattis assured lawmakers on Wednesday that he would address South Korea’s concerns over the THAAD missile defense system after the county’s president last week suspended additional deployments of the U.S. system.

“I think we’re going to find a way forward. As you know the president of South Korea is visiting here shortly and we’re trying to resolve this. So, just so we have clarity on the way ahead,” Mattis told the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee.

Mattis was responding to Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), who said she had recently received “a truly alarming briefing about North Korea” and was concerned about the decision by South Korea to be delay implementation of the THAAD system…

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