China Warns of Arms Race After U.S. Deploys Missile Defense in South Korea

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Intelligence officials say North Korea is already able to hit much of South Korea and Japan with a nuclear-tipped missile.
The New York Times reported Sunday that President Trump?s national security deputies have discussed both the possibility of pre-emptive strikes that would almost certainly provoke an attack on South Korea and a reintroduction of nuclear weapons to the South.
Chinese strategists warn that the United States might consider such an attack if it was confident a defense system could intercept Chinese weapons that escaped destruction.
?I appreciate that the United States is showing that all the options are on the table,? Mr.
Abe said, adding that Japan was ?ready to fulfill larger roles and responsibilities? to deter North Korea.
The developments come as South Korea is consumed by turmoil over the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye, whose administration agreed to the Thaad deployment.