The US will deploy a high-tech antiballistic-missile system to South Korea “as soon as possible” now that the allies have reached an agreement. The advanced air defense shield will beef up Seoul’s arsenal amid growing nuclear and missile threats from the North. “South Korea and the US have made the joint decision to deploy the THAAD system with US Forces Korea as part of a defensive action... 

An interceptor missile was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, on Wednesday. The test failed. A test of the United States’ only long-range missile defense system failed Wednesday – the second failure this year in two tries. The Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency said both the intermediate-range ballistic missile target and the long-range interceptor missile launched...