MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The announcement comes just hours after North Korea launched a long-range missile, defying a UN Security Council resolution banning Pyongyang from launching rockets that may be used as long-range ballistic missiles carrying nuclear warheads.
"The US and South Korea have decided to start official discussion on the possibility of US Forces Korea's deployment of THAAD as part of measures to upgrade the South Korea-U.S. alliance's missile defense posture against North Korea's advancing threats," the Yonhap news agenc quoted Yoo Jeh-seung, South Korean deputy minister for policy, as saying.
China and Russia have expressed opposition to the controversial defense system, arguing it could upset the regional balance and be used against Chinese interests.
