Pentagon calls U.S. 'flexibility' to meet urgent needs a 'strength' amid THAAD redeployment concerns

WASHINGTON - A senior Pentagon official said Tuesday "flexibility" in redeploying military assets to meet urgent needs across the world is a "tremendous" strength of a U.S. defense system, while commenting on concerns about the reported movement of a South Korea-based missile defense asset to the Middle East.Michael Duffey, undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, made the remarks during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing, after The Washington Post reported last week that the Pentagon was moving parts of a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system to the Mi…READ FULL ARTICLE