South Korea, US to Discuss Deploying Missile Defense System

South Korea and the U.S. will formally discuss deploying a missile defense system, a South Korean defense official said Sunday, after North Korea claimed to have launched a satellite into space. According to the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system, known as THAAD, has a truck-mounted launcher that can fire interceptors that destroy ballistic missiles "inside or outside the atmosphere." "It has been decided to formally start talks...

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