Neutralize the threat of North Korean missiles, not Chinese. The fact that some Chinese posters are claiming that these pose a threat to China just troubles me and many others who read this thread. Can they not differentiate Pyongyang (The North Korean Regime) from themselves ? Such questionable postings leads many South Koreans to suspect China's own goals.
Come on, that's unfair, I doubt you can't see why some sees it as such.
As to the government's words, I have said it before, these sort of action needs responses, that's the way things works.
To illustrate something on the other end, including Japan.
China has every incentive to make AIIB work | afr.com
AIIB, with more members will dilute China's voting rights, AIIB, being a first step for China, China is highly unlikely to step out of the line. The Asian infrastructure market is huge, and thus the bank can pick and choose, and so much more.
But Furusawa, the vice finance minister for international affairs, told Jin that Tokyo is “not convinced.” He also cast doubt on the necessity of the bank, given that the Asia Development Bank already plays that role, they said.
Japan reluctant to join China-led investment bank | The Japan Times
There are more examples, like Japan openly questioning the "motives" behind the move, but you get the point.
Let's call the deployment a de facto "threat" on China
It is using DPRK as disguises for the serious impact of the operation on China's defense
I am not an expert or what so called "saturate a force"
By having the THAADs deployed, the US and allies can literally neutralse most if not all of counter attacks and then they can launch their own missile / other strikes
My opinion is this changes nothing, US was always going to find a way to deploy something like this, even if they had to put it into their new or old AEGIS ships. Increasing capability, especially something like this a lateral move at best, since it's something US already have, means little.
China needs to deploy weapons that can by pass it whether it is in Korea or Mars. I'm obviously talking hypersonic vehicle.
What has changed that cannot be reversed, or easily reversed is the fact China is a 10 trillion economy and going, China is spending more and more on military(R&D under different name and budget, for all we know the toilet paper budget is J-31).
China is more and more capable of creating new weapons that's far more deadly and pretty much irreversible, unless the US finds a way to double it's economy again soon.
Bottomline, the only thing that's changed for the US is the location of THAAD, in broad terms, China has came from a poor backwards nation that can't make a lamp to save its life to, well now.
. Can THAAD stop an ICBM? Well, the US has ICBM test missiles, so, possibly.
