Despite opposition from China, an official from the South Korean defense ministry has told overseas Chinese news outlet Duowei that there is no reason for Seoul to reject the deployment of the US Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile system to the Republic of Korea.
The weapons system is being deployed to defend US forces stationed in South Korea, but the official said that it does not mean that Seoul will become a member of the US theater missile defense program in East Asia. The official said, however, that coordination between the US and South Korean air defense systems will be able to defend the nation from a potential North Korean missile attack.
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