The Pentagon announced on Sunday it would deploy a Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery for missile defense to Israel in response to incessant threats from Iran.
The announcement, welcomed favorably by the Israeli government, elicited loud objections from communist China, which has for years opposed the presence of a THAAD system in neighboring South Korea. While Seoul has emphasized that the purpose of the system in its country is to defend from any potential North Korean attack, THAAD’s capabilities allow it to penetrate deep into China to stop missiles targeting South Korea, which Beijing claims is a threat to its national security. The system has a range of up to 124 miles.
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