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Tuesday, June 08, 2010

South Korea Considers Fielding Patriot Missiles

Patriot PAC-3South Korea is looking at fielding Patriot missile batteries, a move that would likely be formally aimed at North Korea but could aggravate China as well, the South China Morning Post reported yesterday (see GSN, Feb. 18).

Seoul could move ahead with the plan following the completion later in 2010 of defense policy and spending assessments, officials said.

Beijing has advised the South against the Patriot plan, which could tie Seoul more closely to U.S. antimissile efforts in the region.

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