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South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said connected Friday that the U.S. and South Korean militaries are discussing the possible redeployment of immoderate U.S. Patriot missile defence systems based successful South Korea to beryllium utilized successful the warfare against Iran.
Mr. Cho was responding to questions astatine a Parliamentary proceeding pursuing media reports connected Friday (March 6) that units of the U.S. mobile rocket interceptor strategy had been moved to the Osan Air Base successful South Korea from different locations successful the country.
Mr. Cho said helium was incapable to remark erstwhile asked whether the U.S. program is to determination the Patriot missiles soon to usage successful the struggle against Iran. He said Seoul has not received immoderate requests from Washington for subject help. U.S. President Donald Trump has said helium would instrumentality immoderate assistance from immoderate state connected Iran.
U.S. Forces Korea said: "For operational information reasons, we bash not remark connected the movement, relocation, or imaginable repositioning of circumstantial subject capabilities oregon assets."
Media reports citing South Korean authorities sources said the Patriot systems were being readied for redeployment successful the Middle East, with dense U.S. subject transport planes having flown into Osan to determination them.
U.S. and Israeli forces person been striking strategical targets wrong Iran for the seventh time nether a run that Mr. Trump said was aimed astatine crippling Iran's atomic weapons and ballistic rocket capabilities
South Korea hosts a large U.S. subject beingness successful combined defence against nuclear-armed North Korea, with astir 28,500 troops and surface-to-air defence systems, including the Patriot rocket interceptors.
