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Mikhail Khodarenok, Oleksandr Zinchenko 05.09.2016, 19:09
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The leader of China, XI Jinping stated that placing missile defense systems THAAD in South Korea, “can exacerbate existing conflicts.” Beijing fears that missile interceptors can reduce the ability of the strategic nuclear forces of China.
Chinese President XI Jinping at the meeting with the President of the Republic of Korea Park Geun-Hye spoke out against placing missile defense systems THAAD in South Korea, said Monday the Agency “Xinhua”.
About deploying anti-missile system on the Korean Peninsula against the threat from Pyongyang, Washington and Seoul agreed in July 2016. Immediately after that, the Chinese foreign Ministry had summoned the ambassadors of the USA and the Republic of Korea. They were protested in connection with the implementation of the plan for placing missile defense active enemy whom China has always been.
“The wrong settlement of the question will not help to ensure strategic stability in the region and may exacerbate existing conflicts,” said Chinese President XI Jinping on Monday.
In early August of this year, the US representative to the UN Samantha Power reiterated that the deployment of ABM systems THAAD in South Korea, and other actions of Washington and Seoul in the region aimed at protecting its citizens from North Korea. The ability to deploy anti-missile systems were discussed, the US and South Korea in February this year, when Pyongyang tested a ballistic long-range missile.
American mobile missile complex (PRK) intercept long-range THAAD (Theater High Altitude Area Defense) is designed to defeat tactical missiles (OTR, range up to 1000 km) ballistic missiles, medium-range (IRBM, up to 3500 km) at altitudes of 40 to 150 km and ranges up to 200 km.
The THAAD missile system is equipped with kinetic warheads that destroy targets by direct collision. Earlier anti-missile complex THAAD was deployed to GUAM and the Hawaiian Islands as a counter to possible missile attack from North Korea. In South Korea as areas projected deployment of THAAD discussed the chilgok counties of the province of Gyeongsangbuk-Do, Eumseong province of chungcheongbuk-Do and Pyeongtaek in Gyeonggi province. It is unclear who will administer this system of PRO — US military or the Republic of Korea.
Potentially, Beijing’s concerns are quite reasonable. Armed with strategic nuclear forces, China is currently composed of approximately 50-75 Intercontinental ballistic missiles, located at the land-based and on submarines. Accommodation on the Korean Peninsula THAAD anti-missile systems, and most importantly, in the foreseeable future more promising missile defense systems can become a threat to a relatively small Arsenal of Intercontinental ballistic missiles of China. Beijing may actually be able to make a return and a retaliatory nuclear missile strike in a hypothetical conflict with the use of weapons of mass destruction.
Justified concerns of the Chinese side says the former chief of staff of the strategic missile forces, Colonel-General Viktor Esin. “The Chinese have cause for concern this point that the relatively close placement THAAD is one of China’s missile bases on the East coast. And THAAD system is the threat of possible interception of missiles launched from this base,” he explained “Газете.Ru”.
The Esin believes that a serious threat to China South Korean PRO will not, as China has far more missiles than is able to intercept THAAD. For Russia, this system also poses no risk because she has medium-range missiles, similar to the Chinese, no, and significantly affect the Russian strategic nuclear forces THAAD can not, Colonel-General.
Missile tests of North Korea concern not only in neighboring countries. In response to the actions of the DPRK, the UN Security Council periodically enters against Pyongyang all new and new restrictions.
However, the missile launches from North Korea are increasing and make the threat from North Korea all the more real. The last test Pyongyang conducted in the night of Monday, reported South Korean Agency Yonhap. According to him, the armed forces of the DPRK launched a three ballistic missiles towards the sea of Japan.
Earlier it was reported that in late August, North Korea fired a ballistic missile from a submarine in the sea of Japan. According to the representative of the Committee of chiefs of staffs of armed forces of South Korea, the launch held near the port city of yuktae-Dong in the province of hamkyung province.
Military exercises in South Korea and the United States on August 22 of this year, North Korea called provocative and threatened a preventive nuclear strike, which will turn the citadel of provocateurs in the ashes”. But the experts agreed that the probability of the decisive actions of the DPRK are equal to zero and look such statements lightly.
