[UPDATES] US comander says THAAD to be deployed in next 8-10 months: Yonhap

By Park Sae-jin Posted : November 4, 2016, 11:06 Updated : November 4, 2016, 17:44

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An advanced US missile defense system will be deployed to South Korea in the next eight to 10 months to better counter growing threats from North Korea, the chief of US Forces Korea (USFK) said Friday.

"You're gonna see the deployment of a THAAD battery. This is an alliance decision. It will come in the next eight to 10 months. That is an Army unit and ... a larger configuration than the one in Guam," USFK Commander Gen. Vincent K. Brooks said in a seminar hosted by the Association of the Republic of Korea Army in Seoul.

In July, South Korea and the US announced a decision to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in South Korea to better defend against the North's evolving nuclear and missile threats.

Citing North Korea's continued provocations as a "very direct threat" to South Korea, all of Northeast Asia and even to the US, the four-star general stressed the need to further strengthen the alliance between Seoul and Washington.

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