Author: Hewu; Picture from the Internet
In recent days, South Korea has insisted on deploying 4 sets of THAAD launch vehicles despite the firm opposition of China and Russia. Just as the South Korean president was proud, the United States launched a heavy blow, pouring cold water on Moon Jae-in , and it was revealed that THAAD's power was actually very limited and could not save South Korea at all.
Stimulated by this round of peninsula crisis, the remaining four THAAD anti-missile system missile launchers and related materials that were secretly smuggled into South Korea on September 10 were transported to the THAAD base in Xingzhou. It is expected that the THAAD anti-missile company composed of fire control radar and missile launchers will be put into use within a few days. Although China and Russia have expressed strong dissatisfaction continuously, South Korean President Moon Jae-in pretended to be nothing and stated that "this is the best measure that the South Korean government can take at present." The day after THAAD was launched, Moon Jae-in also took two dogs to the Beiyue Mountain behind the Blue House, which was obviously trying to be angry with China on purpose.
Just when Moon Jae-in was so proud, CBS poured a basin of cold water on them. On September 11, the Global Network quoted CBS as saying that THAAD was limited by range and could only intercept missile within 200 kilometers, while Seoul, the most densely populated one, was not within the protection range. Kim Dongye, a missile expert at the Far East Research Institute of Gyeongnam University in South Korea, also believed in an interview with South Korea's United Television News that if the missile is lower than the interception altitude and flies at high speed, THAAD will not be able to do anything at all.
This is not the first time that Americans have poured cold water on THAAD. On August 20, 2016, the official website of Jane's Defense Weekly published an article saying that although the United States claims that THAAD is powerful, the number of existing THAAD interceptors is far lower than actual needs. The number of interceptors it can eventually deploy in South Korea is unclear, and whether it can effectively defend against missiles is unknown.
Not only that, on March 8 this year, on the eve of the official launch of THAAD's first system this year, the US Defense News also published a report that Lieutenant General Andrew Page, deputy chief of staff of the US Army in charge of logistics and logistics, disclosed one thing: Due to lack of military expenditure, THAAD's supporting ammunition is seriously lacking, and there are only a few rounds of storage in total! The THAAD launch battalion planned to deploy in South Korea has 72 missiles, which is only enough for two rounds of launches! After that, some experts believe that even with the deployed " Patriot " missile air defense system, THAAD in South Korea is not enough to intercept the opponent's dense missile attack.
It can be seen that the interception distance is limited and the shortage of interceptor bombs has become the two major weaknesses of THAAD. When it is time to urgently use wars, the huge THAAD is equivalent to an X-band radar, which is at best a voyeur! It is conceivable how collapsed the Korean Prosses are!
Nowadays, THAAD's boots have completely landed. South Korea tied itself to an American chariot with a small THAAD. Once it was involved in the war, the first military target to be destroyed was undoubtedly the THAAD system in Xingzhou. By then, thousands of missiles of various types in China and Russia can not defend one or two sets of THAADs!
South Korea really suffered from the "dumb loss" from the United States this time, and went through endless hardships to introduce an unused "thing", which also deeply offended China and Russia and the domestic economy was on the verge of collapse. It really lost both my wife and my army!
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