Chinese officials reacted with disgust when Defense Secretary James Mattis announced Saturday the United States would defend Japan-controlled islands claimed by China and deploy missile defense in South Korea. Mattis, according to The New York Times, told Japanese officials Saturday morning that the U.S. defense responsibilities of Japan expanded to the debated rocky station posts […]
North Korea at the Top of the Agenda as Mattis Heads to Seoul…
Plans to deploy an American antimissile battery to South Korea and the growing North Korean threat will be at the top of James Mattis’s agenda this week when the new defense secretary visits South Korea and Japan on his first foreign trip. Mattis, a retired Marine general nicknamed “Mad Dog,” will meet with Han Min-koo, […]
Moscow Warns of ‘Dangerous Consequences’ as U.S. Moves to Place Missile Defense System in S. Korea…
“From the very beginning of the discussion of this issue we have consistently and invariably pointed at the most dangerous consequences of such a decision…
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