February 8, 2016

"The United States and the Republic of Korea (ROK) have begun negotiations on the deployment of a missile defense system in response to the missile launch by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), the Pentagon said Monday.

'The goal of the formal consultations is to bilaterally explore the feasibility of THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) deploying to and operating on the Korean Peninsula at the earliest possible date,' Peter Cook, spokesman for the Department of Defense, said at a press briefing.

Cook stressed that the negotiations underscore the "ironclad" commitment of the United States to defend South Korea."

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