The US military will also roll out "strategic assets" to the South following the North's missile test late Friday, he said. "We will soon start consultations on the tentative deployment" of the remaining components of the THAAD battery in response to Pyongyang's most recent test, Defence Minister Song Young-Moo told journalists. The THAAD deployment has infuriated China, which argues that it will destabilise the region. Song also said the US will send "strategic assets" to the Korean peninsula and the surrounding area, without providing further details. Strategic assets normally refer to high-profile weapons systems, such as stealth bombers and aircraft carriers.

Source: The Nation Bangkok July 29, 2017 05:03 UTC