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China-Japan-Koreas
S. Korea, U.S. to begin THAAD deployment talks in S. Korea
2016-02-08
South Korea and the United States have agreed to begin negotiations for the deployment of an advanced American air defense system on South Korean soil, officials said Sunday, despite opposition from China and Russia.
Allow your client state to fire off long-range missiles and this is the response, China...
The announcement on the controversial defense system, Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, was given just hours after North Korea launched a long-range missile as part of the continual push of its intercontinental ballistic missile tests.

"The U.S. and South Korea have decided to start official discussion on the possibility of U.S. 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," Yoo Jeh-seung, deputy minister for policy, said in a joint briefing with Lt. Gen. Thomas Vandal, the commander of USFK's Eighth Army.

Vandal said the decision was made upon USFK Commander Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti's recommendation, adding that "it is time to move forward on the issue."
Ted Cruz, in the Saturday debate, noted that a Nork 'satellite' with a nuclear warhead would make a dandy EMP. As usual, we're doing nothing about it.
Posted by:Steve White

#8  As for the post-Launch THAAD controversy ...

* REUTERS > NORTH KOREA ROCKET LAUNCH MAY SPUR BUILDUP OF US MISSLE DEFENSE SYSTEMS IN ASIA.

Lest we fergit, US-led GMD-TMD "SHARING" WID REGIONAL ALLIES IN EAST ASIA BY 2018 OR ASAP AFTER.

* HERITAGE FOUNDATION > DAILY SIGNAL: NORTH KOREA MISSLE LAUNCH SHOWS [NoKor] COULD TARGET US HOMELAND [CONUS, + Guam-CNMI, Hawaii, Alaska], NORTH KORE EXTENDS MISSLE RANGE TO COVER CONTINENTAL US.

* WORLD NEWS > [Star-N-Stripes] GAME-CHANGING US MISSLES [ABM-BMD = THAAD] MAY ALTER NORTH ASIAN GEOPOLITICS.

Perhaps, IMO, as Pudgy = NOKOR's KJU may had ulteriorily intended.

Again, NOKOR desires to formally reunify wid SOKOR ASAP AMAP ALAP, but China = CCP/CPC in Beijing is highly unlikely to agree to such unless China first gets back de facto sovereign control of TAIWAN.

Pudgy knows that China will take over NOKOR in case of wartime or econ collapse - as China is already overwhelmingly NOKOR's main = one-n-only real trading partner, widout regular or routine trade wid the US-Allies/West NOKOR faces so-called "CREEPING SINO-IZATION/SINIZATION"
= TAKEOVER BY CHINA ANYWAY.

TO SAVE HIS COUNTRY FROM CHINESE TAKEOVER FOR ANY REASON, I HAVE NO DOUBTS THAT PUDGY = KJU WILL FIND A WAY TO UNILATERALLY OR ASYMETRICALLY START A MAJOR US-CHINA WAR IN NE ASIA ANDOR EAST ASIA + INDUCE US-LED MIL INVASION OF NOKOR. IMO PUDGY + REGIME INTENDS FOR NOKOR TO DESTROY ITSELF RATHER THAN SEE CHINA = BEIJING TAKEOVER ANOTHER PIECE OF THE ANCIENT KOREAN HOMELAND.

* RELATED SAME > [Zee News] CHINA'S OPPOSITION TO US MISSLE SHIELD MAY AFFECT HANDLING OF NORTH KOREA.

* DAILY BEAST > NORTH KOREAN NUKE-CAPABLE MISSLE COULD HIT US AND BE SOLD TO IRAN.

The "Franchise" venture is successful???

As per the MSM-Net, since Iranian scientists, along wid Pakistani + Chinese, etal. repor are among those whom helped NOKOR dev its successful LR Rocket, I suspect IRAN ALREADY HAS THE TECH.

'TIS ONLY A QUESTION AS TO "WHEN" IRAN'S GOVT. WILL PUBLICLY ADMIT TO IT.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2016-02-08 23:08  

#7  "Less than a year and then a new CNC" > FYI #6 a good number of Guam Locals + Netters still have doubts about that one, i.e. something(s) bad will occur which will cause the Bammer + Congress to PCorrectly unilaterally suspend the Constitution + Habeas Corpus + lead to a Bammer 3rd [4th, etc] POTUS Term???

As perhaps best illustrated this week by 2016 Dem POTUS Candidate BERNIE SANDERS's proclamation that his election as POTUS will signal or herald a new, decisive "Political Revolution" in America, THE OWG GLOBALISTS + ALIGNED MARXISTS-COMMIES-SOCIALISTS HAVE GIVEN THE US UNTIL YEAR 2025 TO BE FORMALLY SUBORNED UNDER OWG + GLOBAL SOCIALIST ORDER - IFF NOT, THEY RESERVE THEIR RIGHT TO USE "ANY MEANS NECESSARY" TO ACHIEVE SAME INCLUD BUT NOT LIMITED TO DE FACTO ARMED/VIOLENT DOMESTIC MILITANCY + REVOLUTION, ETC.

Perhaps its Dubya + Jeb Brother NEIL BUSH that should've run for POTUS this year - LEST WE FERGIT, NEIL IS THE BUSH RELATION THAT IS ALLEGEDLY OR REPOR A DE FACTO REGISTERED MEMBER OF BOTH THE US + INTERNATIONAL SOCIALIST + COMMUNIST PARTIES.

As things will likely get worse before they get better, I suspect any continuation of US-World woes will Post-Sanders lead to a Hardline, Not-Yet-Full-Stalinist-Marxist-Leninist Commie(s) openly running for POTUS after 2020.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2016-02-08 20:09  

#6  3dc :-)

P2k, less than a year and then a new CNC.
Posted by: Sven the pelter   2016-02-08 13:53  

#5  The US Navy has MIRV but has a putz disregarding its use. I think the ROK should be interested in their own future, not one relying upon someone elected as "American Idol" in Washington.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2016-02-08 13:41  

#4  Sven - like this?
Posted by: 3dc   2016-02-08 12:59  

#3  As far as being an EMP, nobody said that that satellite couldn't suffer an "accident".
Posted by: Sven the pelter   2016-02-08 10:42  

#2  The USN has deployed MIRV.
Posted by: Sven the pelter   2016-02-08 08:30  

#1  I think deploying (launching) MIRVs might be more effective.
Posted by: 3dc   2016-02-08 02:47  

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