South Korea has no plan to participate in the U.S.-led global ballistic missile defense (BMD) network, an official at the Ministry of National Defense said Tuesday.
Sources say the Lee government wants to cooperate with the U.S. BMD plan, short of fully joining the system, to improve interoperability with the U.S. military after 2012, when South Korea takes over operational control of its forces during wartime from the United States, reports Korea Times.
Currently, South Korea is on track to build an independent theater missile shield that can intercept short- and intermediate-range missiles from North Korea.
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