“Continued provocative actions by North Korea, to include yesterday’s launch of multiple missiles, only confirm the prudence of our alliance decision last year to deploy THAAD to South Korea,” said the head of U.S. Pacific Command, Admiral Harry Harris. The United States deployed the first elements of the so-called Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in South Korea on March 6 in response to recent North Korean nuclear weapons tests and ballistic missile launches, U.S. Pacific Command announced in a statement yesterday. “North Korea’s accelerating program of nuclear weapons tests and ballistic missile launches constitute a threat to international peace and security, and are in violation of multiple United Nations Security Council resolutions.”

South Korea and the United States agreed last year to install the THAAD system, which China has repeatedly denounced as a threat to its security.
The United States begins deploying the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system in South Korea.