US Successfully Tests US Missile Intercept System

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(07-31-2017, 11:51 AM)BFritz21 Wrote: I still don't get that, though, because China is upset that we're just protecting ourselves and other nations (potentially)?

And we got pretty pissed at Cuba/Russia whenever they talked about parking more missiles due south of Florida. According to them, though, they were just protecting themselves from the U.S. Same sort of situation. To us, that was escalating a situation; to them it was strategic defense. To us, this is strategic defense; to China/Russia it's escalating the situation.

Although one notable difference — from what I understand — isn't the missiles as much as it is the radar. China/Russia are seeing this as an attempt to install equipment at a U.S. ally capable of spying on Chinese territory. Although what advantage using the THAAD equipment gives the US over the tools it currently has, I don't know.