United States deploy THAAD air defense missile system in Guam in response of North Korea threats.

The United States announced Wednesday, April 3, 2013, that it was speeding the deployment of THAAD an advanced air defense missile system to Guam in the next few weeks. The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system, or THAAD, is stationed at Fort Bliss but officials would not say if the unit being deployed will be from here.

The THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) missile system is an easily transportable defensive weapon system to protect against hostile incoming threats such as tactical and theatre ballistic missiles at ranges of 200 km and at altitudes up to 150 km.

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United States ready to protect Japan and South Korea against any attacks of North Korea

Secretary of United States, John Kerry on Tuesday reaffirmed U.S. defense commitment to the Republic of Korea (ROK) and Japan, vowing no recognition of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) as a nuclear state.

The U.S. Navy is moving a warship and a sea-based radar platform closer to the North Korean coast in order to monitor that country’s military moves, including possible new missile launches, a Defense Department official said Monday, April 1, 2013.

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North Korea wants to increase its military power to defend the country security

Top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Un called for strengthening the military to defend the country's security and sovereignty, the official news agency KCNA reported Sunday, February 3, 2013.

North Korean soldiers march during a military parade to mark 100 years since the birth of North Korea's founder Kim Il Sung in Pyongyang on April 15.

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