US THAAD deployment to provoke war against Russia, China: Analyst

The planned deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile system to the Korean Peninsula is part of United States policy to provoke a war against Russia and China, an analyst told Press TV.

“It is extremely dangerous as part of the overall policy of the Obama administration to encircle Russia and China with the most advanced anti-ballistic missile systems which they openly declare are intended to be able to take out a counter strike force from Russia or from China. In other words making nuclear war feasible, said Mike Billington, a member of the Executive Intelligence Review.

“This is the mentality of Ash Carter, the Defense Secretary who has openly called for a complete modernization of the entire nuclear stockpile in the United States just over the last few days and of course is the person pushing for the THAAD deployment in [South] Korea, for the deployment of anti-ballistic missiles in Hungary and Romania and on the Russian border in Europe,” he added.

The analyst also stated it is well-known that the deployment of this US advanced missile system is “useless” against the North Korean provocation, adding that both the THAAD missile and the radar systems are aimed at encircling China and the Russian Far East.

Billington further argued the United States is willing to go to war with Russia and China in order to stop the emerging new world economic order that is a “severe threat” to the British-American banking system which is in a state of general collapse.

“It [the US] is panicked about the fact that a new paradigm based on humanity and progress has been put in place and they are willing to go to war to stop it and that is what is behind the THAAD missile as part of that policy,” he said.

Back in July, the US and South Korea said they had made a final decision to deploy the THAAD missile system in the South, claiming it will only be used in defense against what they called North Korean threats.

The decision came after Pyongyang conducted its fourth nuclear test in January, which was followed by a satellite launch and a string of test-launches of various missiles.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang, however, urged Washington to cancel the imminent deployment, stressing that militarization of the Korean Peninsula could “seriously harm the strategic interests of China.”

THAAD has been designed to intercept ballistic missiles inside or just outside the atmosphere during their final phase of flight.

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