Full coverage: THAAD Deployment in South Korea

The Chief of Staff of the US Army is in China for talks with top Chinese army commanders. General Mark A. Milley said to his Chinese counterpart, General Li Zuocheng, that China should not feel threatened about the deployment of THAAD in South Korea.

He insisted the powerful missile defense system is not intended to track missles inside China but to defend attacks from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

The THAAD deployment has drawn strong protests from China. China’s Defense Ministry has already said it will consider measures to counter it.