Official Says U.S. Not Ready to Talk to ROK About Hosting Ballistic Missiles to Counter China
I think under the current government I just don’t see the U.S. being able to host ballistic missiles in the ROK:
The United States is not ready yet to talk with allies about deployment of its specific military capabilities, a senior US official said Monday, as Washington is considering deploying intermediate-range missiles in East Asia to counterbalance China’s growing capabilities.
Korea Herald
Marshall Billingslea, special US presidential envoy for arms control, also said in an interview with Yonhap News Agency and other local media outlets in Seoul that North Korea’s recent apology for the killing of a South Korean fisheries official is a good first step toward resolving the issue.
Billingslea arrived in Seoul on Sunday for a two-day visit.
The trip came as the US has been considering deploying intermediate-range missiles in Asia to counter China after withdrawing from the 1988 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) last year amid speculation that South Korea could be one of the candidate sites.
Claiming that China test-fired missiles 225 times last year alone, which is more than the number of launches by all the other countries in the world combined, Billingslea called on China to come forward and discuss the matter with the US, which is not a request but its legal obligation.
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US wants to deploy their ballistic missiles in South Korea so that they can blackmail South Korea for $5 billion more, for ‘protecting’ South Korea.