The United States remains in talks with South Korea over the potential deployment of a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery to counter North Korean ballistic missile threats, a discussion made complicated by China and its concerns that THAAD will become part of a larger "containment strategy" in the region, according to a State Department arms control official. Despite Defense Secretary Ash Carter's public assurance that "it's gonna happen," Frank Rose, assistant secretary of state for arms control, verification and...
