Australia dismisses deploying anti-missile system like THAAD

The Australian prime minister said Friday that it is an extremely tense time on the Korean peninsula but dismissed the idea of deploying an anti-missile system in the country.


"We have extensive arrangements with our allies, in particular with the United States, but we do not deploy in Australia a missile defense system like the THAAD system that the US is deploying in South Korea at the moment," Malcolm Turnbull told radio network 3AW.

The prime minister said Australia's responses would evolve as nuclear threats increase, and noted that North Korea has not yet carried out its threats of launching a nuclear attack.

"What we are doing in terms of stopping North Korea is continuing our pressure on the regime through extensive... economic sanctions, which are designed to bring North Korea to its senses," Turnbull said.

He said it was key for China to use its influence and leverage over the Kim Jong-un regime to calm tensions and stop "reckless and dangerous conduct" by the communist regime.
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28/4/17
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