United States deployed THAAD defense system in response to North Korea's declaration of Nuclear Strike

The Pentagon said on Wednesday it was sending an advanced ballistic missile defense system to Guam, as U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel cited a "real and clear" danger from North Korea's declaration of nuclear strike against United States.

North Korea has singled out U.S. military bases in Guam, a U.S. territory in the Pacific, and Hawaii among its potential targets in threats in recent weeks that have put the Korean peninsula on edge and triggered a change in the U.S. defense posture and missile defense planning.

Shortly after Hagel spoke, the Pentagon said it was deploying a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system (THAAD), which includes a truck-mounted launcher, interceptor missiles, an AN/TPY-2 tracking radar and an integrated fire control system. - Reuters