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The US military is expected to move one of its operational Terminal High Altitude Area Defense batteries from Texas to South Korea to better counter Pyongyang's evolving nuclear and missile threats, local sources said.
Government sources said Washington is considering moving a battery from Fort Bliss to Seongju by late 2017 as part of an agreement with Seoul. The move will involve the deployment of the AN/TPY-2 radar and associated equipment, a command and communications unit, and some six truck-mounted launchers with eight interceptors each.
South Korea and the United States agreed to deploy a THAAD battery in July with Seoul announcing Friday that a country club near Mt. Dalma in North Gyeongsang Province being chosen as the site for the antimissile unit.
The two allies are expected to iron out details of the deployment at the 48th Security Consultative Meeting set for October 20 in Washington.
(Yonhap)
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Park Sae-jin
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