US DEPLOYS THAAD AGAINST N. KOREA 9-27-16
Channel: Elaine H
Date: 2016-09-28

The U.S. said it will seek to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense(THAAD) battery in South Korea as soon as possible.

Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Russel revealed Washington’s view on the deployment of the U.S. missile defense system during a hearing hosted by the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific on Tuesday.

Asked whether THAAD can be deployed by next year as planned, Russel said given the acceleration of North Korea's nuclear development, the U.S. can speed up the deployment process and that it can take place "as soon as possible."
http://world.kbs.co.kr/english/news/news_In_detail.htm?No=122127

The U.S.–Republic of Korea–Japan Trilateral Relationship: Promoting Mutual Interests in Asia
FULL Subcommittee Hearing Here:
https://youtu.be/gvilpXq4Z1E

THAAD DEFENSE SYSTEM: Terminal High Altitude Area Defense 
a United States Army anti-ballistic missile system designed to shoot down short, medium, and intermediate range ballistic missiles in their terminal phase using a hit-to-kill approach.[2] THAAD was developed as a need to develop missile defense system against Iraq's Scud missile attacks during the Gulf War in 1991. [3] The missile carries no warhead but relies on the kinetic energy of the impact to destroy the incoming missile. A kinetic energy hit minimizes the risk of exploding conventional warhead ballistic missiles, and nuclear tipped ballistic missiles will not explode upon a kinetic energy hit, although chemical or biological warheads may disintegrate or explode and pose a risk of contaminating the environment. THAAD was designed to hit Scuds and similar weapons.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_High_Altitude_Area_Defense

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