August 12, 2016

"Japan has been mulling installing the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile system recently, according to a report by Japan's national public broadcaster NHK. It is said the system will be installed on Japanese turf before 2018.

Tokyo is bringing up THAAD just as China and South Korea are entangled in a dispute over the same thing. Going against China seems to have become the main theme of Japanese diplomacy.

It is only a matter of time before Japan has THAAD on its soil. After North Korea test-fired a Taepodong-1 missile in 1998, Japan soon brought in the US Theater Missile Defense system. Japan has fully become a part of the US global anti-missile system. It is believed that THAAD will be a boost to Japan's anti-missile capability, and as long as the US and Japan reach agreement, nobody can stop the new installation."

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