Commander of US Forces in South Korea Vincent Brooks on Wednesday asserted confidence in the THAAD missile defense system.

Brook cited another successful interception by a THAAD rocket of a medium-range ballistic missile in a test conducted in Alaska last weekend, Yonhap News Agency reported.

This leads to more confidence in the THAAD system deployed to Seongju to defeat the North Korean threats against South Korea, Brook added.

US Missile Defense Agency of the Pentagon have succeeded in two trial of THAAD operations launched on July 11 and 30.

He wondered about those who still have doubts about capabilities of such a defense system.

South Korean government had approved deployment of THAAD defense system to the Korean Peninsula as a defensive measure but China considered it as a threat for its national security.

Source : Mena