Russia and China Respond to THAAD
... located far from Korea, and Russia does not produce intermediate-range ballistic missiles THAAD complex is designed to fight. However, Russia opposes the US missile defense systems approaching its borders and shares China’s standpoint. Russia-China military response to THAAD, should it happen, depends on Beijing’s and Moscow’s pressure campaign on Seoul that is to be held in the upcoming months. In 2016, Russia and China held their first joint military exercise (computer simulation) of missile defense system ...