Seoul Denies Plan to Join U.S. Missile Defense Scheme

choi

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The Chosun Ilbo 朝鮮日報, Feb. 4, 2010 (available now).
http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/02/04/2010020400311.html

My comment:
(1) I can not find the statement from US DEpartment of Defense.
(2) Regarding theater missile defense, US focuses on North Korea and Iran at
this time, not on Russia or China (thus Taiwan is not in at present).
Jim Garamone, Missile Defense Review links strategy to threats. American
Forces Press Service, Feb. 2, 2010.
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123188498
("'It's important, Ms. [Michele] Flournoy[, the undersecretary of Defense
for policy] emphasized, to note that U.S. homeland missile defense efforts
are focused on regional actors such as North Korea and Iran, and 'are not
intended to affect the strategic balance with Russia or China.'")

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choi

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But US seemed to contradict South Korea. See
美军官员解释国防部最新报告. VOA Chinese, Feb. 5, 2010.
http://www1.voanews.com/chinese/news/US/briefing-us-defense-20100205-83639007.html
("接下来记者问，如果美国提议建立东亚导防系统，是否希望韩国参加？回答问题的是美国国防部负责国防政策的副部长办公室的导弹防御办公室主任迪比阿索：'过去几年，美国同它在东亚的主要盟国韩国、日本和澳大利亚都讨论过联合导弹防御的问题。具体来说，我们跟韩国讨论了在美、韩防务协议的框架之下建立联合导防的可能性。这应该是一种双边安排。'”)

【 在 choi 的大作中提到: 】
: The Chosun Ilbo 朝鮮日報, Feb. 4, 2010 (available now).
: http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/02/04/2010020400311.html
: My comment:
: (1) I can not find the statement from US DEpartment of Defense.
: (以下引言省略...)

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