First Military Information Author: Military Machinery Baihutang
The THAAD entry into South Korea has been fermented for a long time. The current South Korean government is still stubborn and insists on leaving the launch vehicle in South Korea. This means that the United States does not intend to change the THAAD system's plan to deploy South Korea. For a long time in the future, the THAAD anti-missile system will become the main factor affecting the stability of the situation in Northeast Asia. Not only will the situation on the peninsula become more complicated, but China and Russia will also closely monitor the operation trends of THAAD and may take corresponding measures to respond.
Data picture: THAAD's entry into South Korea
So how do Americans themselves view the impact of THAAD's entry into South Korea? Yonhap News Agency recently reported that the US military stationed in South Korea claimed in an annual magazine titled "Strategic Digest" jointly published by the United Nations Command that the THAAD system has an advanced X-band reconnaissance radar system. These radar devices can detect a wide range of at least 1,000 kilometers of radius and track and identify possible missiles; the THAAD anti-missile radar deployed in South Korea can theoretically cover part of Chinese territory. The magazine article clearly pointed out that the THAAD anti-missile system can intercept the medium short-range ballistic missile outside the atmosphere, and can cooperate with other missile defense systems in service in the United States to play a greater strategic defense value.
magazine articles of the US military stationed in South Korea clearly exposed the real motivation of the US military to push forward THAAD into South Korea. Although the United States has always emphasized that the introduction of THAAD is to help South Korea improve its missile defense capabilities, and South Korea has also defended itself that THAAD's arrival is to deal with North Korea's missiles, the United States itself now admits that THAAD's radar can cover Chinese territory, which shows that THAAD's arrival is not just for South Korea's security. If we just want to ensure the safety of South Korea, there is no need to move these equipment with small interception and long detection distances to South Korea in a big way. South Korea has only a small area of land, but THAAD's reconnaissance radar can cross the sea and directly detect Chinese airspace.
Data map: THAAD enters South Korea
Although THAAD's X-band radar is difficult to directly detect the activities of China's ground missile forces due to the influence of the earth's curve, once China's missile is launched, THAAD's radar can track the activity dynamics of missiles within the detection range. THAAD is a last-stage high-altitude regional defense system. Its interceptor is mainly used to intercept kinetic energy during the last stage of the missile. However, the peninsula is very close to China. If it is an intercontinental missile , THAAD's interceptor bomb is difficult to intercept, so THAAD's detection significance is greater than the interception significance. This is also the main intention of the United States to deploy THAAD to the peninsula. The United States does not expect these anti-missile systems to intercept strategic missiles between China and Russia, but the United States attempts to discover missile dynamics between China and Russia in advance. If the United States can discover missile dynamics in advance, the United States will be able to win valuable reaction time. In other words, the strategic deterrence effect of China and Russia's strategic weapons compared with the United States will be significantly reduced.
So the United States pushes THAAD to the peninsula, which is actually a strategic planning result, rather than a simple tactical defense strategy. It is precisely because of this that China and Russia pay close attention to THAAD's entry into South Korea and expressed clear opposition. Land-based intercontinental missiles are an effective strategic deterrent weapon, but if the United States is allowed to insert eyeliner at the doorsteps of China and Russia, these weapons will be difficult to play. Moreover, the United States' strategic encirclement plan will not stop there. In the future, the United States will move more missile defense systems to the Asia-Pacific region. As the Americans said, THAAD can work together with other missile defense systems.
Data picture: Russia's strategic missile
But if the United States wants to rely on the THAAD anti-missile system to block China and Russia's strategic forces, it is still a bit naive. Although THAAD's radar coverage is very large, compared with the vast strategic depth of China and Russia, it can only be regarded as a small corner.Moreover, both China and Russia have the power of strategic nuclear submarine . Submarine-launched intercontinental missiles can be on duty in the long-term ocean area for a long time. It is difficult for land-based THAAD to defend against the sea-based submarine-launched missile . The United States may also know this, but the Pentagon still hopes to promote THAAD into South Korea to create a regional strategic situation in a way that will cause instability, so that the United States can take the opportunity to make trouble and add trouble to China and Russia.
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