U.S.-South Korea Missile Shield Could Spark New Crisis: China Media

 

By Eric Baculinao

BEIJING — U.S. plans to install a sophisticated missile-defense system in South Korea could trigger a nuclear showdown similar to the Cuban missile crisis 60 years ago, Chinese state media warned Thursday.

Washington and Seoul announced July 8 a plan to install the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile system to counter the increasing threat from North Korea's missile and nuclear program.

The system's radar coverage can also be extended to monitor Beijing's missiles, according to Chinese critics of the plan.

"The negative influence of the deployment of THAAD … is similar to that of the Cuban missile crisis," warned a commentary piece in government-run China Daily published Thursday. Another editorial in the paper last week described the anti-missile system as a "clear, present and substantive threat to China's security interests."  

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Source: NBC News