Moon Administration Wants Full Environmental Assessment of THAAD Golf Course
The THAAD battery already has what is called an initial operational capability, so this doesn’t stop the deployment of the THAAD battery as claimed. All this announcement of an environmental assessment means is that the four additional launchers cannot be installed. This ultimately means less THAAD interceptors to defend the country to appease those against the deployment:
The government will conduct a full-scale environmental study on the U.S. military’s deployment of a controversial antimissile battery in Korea, a senior security adviser to President Moon Jae-in said Thursday, stressing that the probe will delay the installment of the battery.
Chung Eui-yong, head of the National Security Office of the Blue House, addressed the latest controversy surrounding the U.S. deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or Thaad system. An investigation of top security officials from the previous administration is currently ongoing to find out if they intentionally withheld from the Moon government information on the delivery of four additional launchers for the system.
“In order to conduct a more thorough environmental-impact study, I think [the deployment] may take more time than originally planned,” Chung said. “But I cannot predict how long the environmental study will take.”
Chung made the remark as he arrived in Washington to meet with senior U.S. officials to prepare for the upcoming summit between Moon and U.S. President Donald Trump. [Joong Ang Ilbo]
You can read more at the link, but does anyone else find it interesting that a one year environmental assessment needs to be done on a golf course that was dug into the top of the mountain whatever natural vegetation and wildlife there has already been developed over? Are they going to assess the potential damage the launcher back blast area will have on the putting greens before it can be installed?
Anybody want to guess what the environmental impact of a North Korean missile with a great big warhead plowing into a South Korean city is?
If it kills a bunch of Koreans covering every surface in spit, wrappings, and cigarette butts, it is likely a net gain.
Hmmm. Not doing a good job selling THAAD, am I.
Maybe they will quit worrying that my car is a centimeter “too low”.
Of course he does, because he’s a piece of ddong.
If I didn’t have family there (and 1 chickenhead’ed virtual buddy) I’d be for just pulling our 5h1it the F out of there with a giant middle finger and then we’d be free to hammer the living crap out of the DPRK because F Seoul and the 4ssh4ts they vote for.
But I do, so I don’t; and we didn’t. 🙁
I should take up smoking again and go to Korea just to spit all over the sidewalk outside your a-pa-tu.
Wrappings? Condom wrappings? Man where you live? H00k3r H1ll? 😆
No, Smokes, not condom wrappings.
Gum, snack, cigarette, candy, rice cake… and everything else in Korea that has 6 layers of packaging.
And don’t dare go to the countryside. If the place is nice enough to set up a camp in, it will be littered with soju bottles and raman cups like some kind of 70s dystopian movie or Fallout video game.
Soooo… where do you live that made condom wrappings the first thing to come to mind?
Under the sewer grate in the alley behind a gay bathhouse?
This guy need to stop jerking the U.S around before he find himself without a battle buddy. Stop grand standing.w
Moon is a communist who will stop at nothing to ruin South Korea
Eh, I see it playing out like this:
Trump: You owe us $100,000,000 for this program.
Moon: I didn’t order it, it was the previous tenant.
Pentagon/Korean Defense Department: Look, we really need this. Layered defense and all that.
Moon: Fine, I offer $50,000,000 and not a penny more.
Trump: Grrr… Accepted. Good deal.
End result: Trump gets an extra $50M, Moon gets to brag he “saved” Korea $50M, the THAAD stays right where it is, and Fatty orders another cheeseburger and bottle of Hennessey.