U.S. to deploy four more THAAD air defense missile launchers in South Korea

South Korea's defense ministry announced Monday that the US Forces Korea will soon install four more THAAD missile defense launchers at its new southern base, local media stated on Sept. 4. The announcement came as the environment ministry accepted the results of an environmental impact survey of the THAAD system partially operational at the former golf course in Seongju, some 300 kilometers south of Seoul. Read more

Two THAAD launchers being unloaded at Yongsan Garrison, South Korea, in March 2017
(Credit: US Forces Korea)

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