U.S. mulls deployment of THAAD in Germany

Reuters is saying that the Pentagon is considering plans to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile system to Germany.

The first of two Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptors is launched during a successful intercept test - US Army
By The U.S. Army Ralph Scott/Missile Defense Agency/U.S. Department of Defense (Successful Mission) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons


The talks started before U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the 2015 Iran nuclear accord.

Pentagon spokesman Eric Pahon however says “there are currently no plans to station THAAD systems in Germany.”

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