THAAD: Managing the Fall-Out from Beijing and Moscow

Following months of assessment by a Joint Working Group, the U.S. Defense Department announced in July that the U.S. Forces Korea Command will station a Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery in South Korea “as a defensive measure to ensure the security of the nation and its people, and to protect alliance military forces from North Korea's weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile threats.”

Richard Weitz, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute via CHINA US Focus http://ift.tt/2aL3DVP