The United States has not moved its Terminal High Altitude Area Defence system out of South Korea, a senior US military official said, following reports that parts of it were being shifted to the Middle East for use in the war with Iran.
The reports had raised concern in South Korea, where the system is seen as key to defence against North Korea.
General Xavier Brunson, commander of US forces in South Korea, told a Senate hearing that “THAAD still remains on the peninsula currently”.
He added that while munitions are being sent to the Middle East, the missile defence system has not been relocated.