Yonhap News:
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) — The United States and South Korea are “moving forward” on the deployment of a U.S. missile defense system in the Asian ally as tensions soar over North Korea’s missile programs, the Pentagon said Monday.
Last week, the South Korean government determined that noise and radiation levels were negligible near the site of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery in Seongju, southeastern South Korea.
“They’re moving forward,” Col. Rob Manning, a Pentagon spokesman, told reporters. “In early May, we got initial intercept capability and they continue to build on that capability.”
President Moon Jae-in called for installing four additional launchers for the missile shield, despite earlier reluctance, after North Korea tested its second intercontinental ballistic missile in July.
