A new U.S. Space Force unit has been activated in South Korea, where U.S. forces seek an enhanced ability to detect ballistic missile launches and other threats.
“Just 48 miles north of us exists an existential threat, a threat that we must be prepared to deter, defend against, and, if required, defeat,” Lt. Col. Joshua McCullion, the inaugural commander of U.S. Space Forces-Korea, said Wednesday.
“The activation here today of U.S. Space Forces Korea, a subcomponent of U.S. Space Forces INDOPACOM, enhances our ability to defend the homelands and ensures peace and security on the Korean peninsula and in Northeast Asia,” added U.S. Army Gen. Paul LaCamera, who commands U.S. Forces Korea.North Korea’s ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons program has surged as a potential threat to the United States, South Korea, and Japan. U.S.
American officials have not hidden their suspicion that Moscow and Beijing are using North Korea as a proxy bludgeon against the U.S. and its allies. That remark was a reference to the joint statement issued by Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin just weeks before Putin launched his campaign to overthrow the Ukrainian government. Chinese officials, for their part, tend to oppose defensive U.S. measures on the Korean Peninsula on the grounds that military systems such as the Terminal High-Altitude Air Defense System could monitor the Chinese military as well.
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