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Thaad Defense System Is Deployed in South Korea
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Even with THAAD defense, North Korea missile barrage poses threat to South
SEOUL North Korea’s latest weapons test showed it can accurately fire multiple medium-range ballistic missiles, an attack strategy that experts said could test the advanced U.S. THAAD anti-missile system which began to arrive in South Korea on Tuesday.