USFK holds first deployment training of Thaad remote launcher
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The U.S. military made public a set of photos of Sunday's training, hours after the North's state media reported the country had carried out drills involving an underwater nuclear attack drone and cruise missile launches earlier this week.
"The training of our Thaad forces enhanced the units' combat readiness, combined defense posture within the alliance, demonstrates the ironclad commitment to support and defend the ROK and further strengthens the security and stability on the Korean Peninsula," the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) said in a press release. ROK stands for South Korea's official name, the Republic of Korea.
The drills, employing the remote launcher of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (Thaad) system, took place in conjunction with the regular South Korea-U.S. Freedom Shield exercise that concluded its 11-day run Thursday.
The training came as the Seoul government has been pushing for the "normalization" of the Thaad battery in Seongju, North Gyeongsang, which has held the status of a "temporary" installation pending an environmental assessment.
"Normalization of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense operations and capabilities provides USFK greater readiness to ensure continued resourcing of the unit, as well as providing greater opportunity to modify the defense design by exercising remote launch options," the USFK said.
The U.S. military has pushed for an upgrade program designed to streamline and integrate its Thaad and Patriot missile defense systems into a single program for enhanced and more flexible security operations.
Yonhap
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