Full coverage: THAAD Deployment in South Korea

For more analysis on this, we are joined now in the studio by Zhang Junshe, who is Vice-President of China's Naval Research Institute.

Q1: Why is Washington so actively promoting the THAAD system in South Korea? Are threats from the DPRK the real reason behind the deployment, or is that just an excuse?

Q2: As we know Russia will rearrange its forces to focus more on the South and China is also taking steps to face down threats. What more should be done in neighboring countries to face this deployment?