SK intentionally dropped THAAD units
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SOUTH Korea’s Defence Ministry “intentionally dropped” mentioning that four more launchers had been deployed for the US THAAD anti-missile system in a report to President Moon Jae-in’s top aides, his office said yesterday.
Moon has ordered a probe at the defence ministry, saying it was “very shocking” launchers were brought in without being reported to the new government or to the public, presidential Blue House spokesman Yoon Young-chan said on Tuesday.
The Defence Ministry intentionally omitted details about the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence system battery in a report last week, when the new government was preparing for Moon’s summit with US President Donald Trump next month.
“The Blue House has confirmed that the Defence Ministry has intentionally dropped the introduction of four more launchers in its report,” Yoon said.
Moon took office on May 10 without a transition period because a presidential election was held just two months after his predecessor Park Geun-hye was ousted in a corruption scandal. Moon inherited his defence minister and the rest of his cabinet from the administration.
The THAAD battery was initially deployed in March in the southeastern region of Seongju with just two of its maximum load of six launchers to counter a North Korean missile threat.
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