Like I said in my previous posting, I had a little confidence that the ROK would be able to keep the deployment location of the THAAD battery in South Korea secret if this report is accurate:
This photo taken on July 12, 2016, shows Seongju county from a mountain near the current South Korean Air Force surface-to-air missile battery site on Seongsan. (Yonhap)
South Korea and the United States are likely to deploy an advanced U.S. missile defense system to Seongju county in the south central region of the country, a military source said Tuesday.
As early as next week, Seoul and Washington are likely to announce where they will place the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system, said the official source who declined to be identified. The source also said the Seongsan-ri region of the county, about 296 km south of Seoul, will be chosen as the site of the missile system.
The two countries evaluated that the location is optimal, given that the site is suitable for military operations and is sparsely populated, the insider said.
“The allies have reached an understanding that Seongju, which already has the Air Force’s Hawk surface-to-air missile battery, is the best location for the THAAD system,” he said, adding that they are awaiting final approval from their respective national military authorities. [Yonhap]
You can read more at the link, but according to the article residents in the county are preparing to protest the decision. At this point I don’t even know if the residents even realize what they are protesting against? The THAAD is going on military land thus no civilian land will be taken and there is no danger from the radar as long as it is positioned 100 meters from homes which is assuredly will.
Plus there is already a Hawk radar at the location that the ROK Air Force is using and no one is protesting that?
You can read more at the link, but according to the article residents in the county are preparing to protest the decision. At this point I don’t even know if the residents even realize what they are protesting against?
Of course they don’t. Protesting isn’t about wanting, or not wanting something in Korea, it’s a social event!
I can’t remember where I read this, but Korean protests go like this:
Invitation flyers are posted everywhere, listing time and location.
Prizes are offered for the largest group, biggest age gap within a family (great-grandpa to newest baby)
Food is brought out, and of course everyone brings something. Picnic time!
At the appropriate time, the protest signs are handed out, and the crowd marches past the cameras, chanting the lines they were just taught.
After that, the protest leaders say, “See? No one/Everyone wants this!” depending on how the Protest was set up.
Of course they don’t. Protesting isn’t about wanting, or not wanting something in Korea, it’s a social event!
I can’t remember where I read this, but Korean protests go like this:
Invitation flyers are posted everywhere, listing time and location.
Prizes are offered for the largest group, biggest age gap within a family (great-grandpa to newest baby)
Food is brought out, and of course everyone brings something. Picnic time!
At the appropriate time, the protest signs are handed out, and the crowd marches past the cameras, chanting the lines they were just taught.
After that, the protest leaders say, “See? No one/Everyone wants this!” depending on how the Protest was set up.
Then they all go home…