9月30日，韩国当局不顾国内外持续强烈反对，宣布将星州高尔夫球场作为部署“萨德”反导系统的新地点，横心要将其部署到底。美国军方随后宣称要加快在韩部署“萨德”，表示这“无庸置疑”，“已成定局”。美韩此举给亚洲火药库朝鲜半岛炽热的紧张局势火上浇油，并将引发大国对抗，这是朝鲜战争结束以来危害半岛和东北亚地区和平稳定空前严重的恶性事件。

美韩口口声声说部署“萨德”是为了对付朝鲜核武器和导弹对韩国的严重威胁。但所谓“朝鲜威胁”是一个伪命题。美韩与朝鲜究竟谁威胁谁，是不难分辨的。论经济实力，朝鲜无法与韩国相比。论军事实力，美韩已融为一体，加上日本作帮凶，它们的实力超过朝鲜不知多少倍。它们还坚持敌视朝鲜，以更换其政权为目标。在这种情况下，谁威胁谁，谁对对方的威胁更大更严重，明如观火。朝鲜发展核武器无疑是错误的，但在某种意义上看，是美国逼出来的。朝拥核和声称要先发制人摧毁对方，实质上是弱者一种虚张声势的防御姿态，这对韩国和驻韩美军确是一种威胁，但这种威胁主要是威慑性与心理性的，其要“摧毁”对方云云只是放空炮。朝鲜作为弱方不可能先发制人进行南侵，因为南侵对它而言无异自毁。

美韩还口口声声说，美国在韩部署“萨德”只针对朝鲜而不针对中国和俄罗斯。这实在是此地无银三百两。虚言掩盖不了真相。“萨德”的探测距离最远可达2000公里，拦截高度介于大气层内40公里以上至大气层外150公里之间。其性能和功能决定它主要用于监控和打击中远程弹道导弹，对中国腹地和俄远东地区的战略武器系统构成实实在在的直接威胁，而对拦截只能打击韩国境内目标的朝鲜短程导弹效用很小甚至为零。司马昭之心路人皆知。美在韩部署“萨德”矛头直指中俄是不言而喻的事实。

美国把中俄视为它称霸世界的主要障碍，将它们定为主要战略对手与防范遏制的主要对象。发展全球反导系统，消除中俄战略核威慑力，是美国对中俄实现遏制目标的核心手段。它以防范伊朗和朝鲜导弹威胁为借口，在东欧和韩国部署先进的反导系统，就是要对中俄战略核力量进行抵近监控和在必要时进行抵近拦截，以从根本上废掉其功能，确保它对中俄的绝对战略力量优势，使它拥有“我可以摧毁你，你不能摧毁我”的终极能力，为独霸世界扫清最后障碍。美国在东欧和韩国这样做，不仅破坏了地区与全球战略力量平衡和世界和平与稳定的基础，还企图为谋取霸权而拿中俄的国家安全以至独立与主权当“人质”，把中俄置于其掌控之下。其用心良苦，但美梦难圆。

韩国在“萨德”事件中扮演了不光彩的角色。它打着守卫国家安全和国民生命的幌子，自愿引进“萨德”，犯了一个时代错误。实际上，只要它不北犯，朝鲜就不会南侵。它受美国强大的常规和战略武器的双重保护，国家安全不成问题，它所以这样做，是受冷战思维影响，不惜把自己绑在美国亚太战略的战车上，充当其遏制中俄战略的工具。韩国当局不但坚持错误做法，态度还越来越强硬。最近韩国国防部长公然声称，如果中俄用导弹打击韩国“萨德”部署地，韩国将用美国的反导系统予以击落。韩方发出与俄中对抗的信号，表明其一心要走引“萨德”入韩的不归路。韩国为美国火中取栗，难免引火上身，充当美国遏制中俄的“枪手”，终将化为炮灰。韩国这样做是拿本国安全与发展的全局利益作赌注，拿国家的命运作赌注，这不是安邦保民之道，而是祸国害民之行，是极不明智的。

中俄面对美韩赤裸裸的战略挑衅行为，显示了保卫国家战略安全利益不容妥协的坚定态度，不仅分别作出了严正反应，还将作为全面战略协作伙伴采取必要的合作应对行动。在中俄共同反制下，美国“萨德”入韩的险恶图谋是不会得逞的。

当前中俄与美韩在“萨德”入韩问题上形成的对立局面完全是美韩引起的。这种局面如发展下去可能造成双方都难以承受的后果。现在危机局面尚有转圜余地，这就是美韩收回在韩国部署“萨德”的成命。如此，中俄与美韩的对立关系就会松解，中俄与韩国关系就会柳暗花明，东北亚的紧张局势就会缓和。这是各方的幸事。

The South Korean government, in defiance of strong opposition at home and abroad, announced on Sept 30 the choice of a private golf course in Seongju as the new site for the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile-defense system. The US military also said it would speed up the THAAD deployment, describing it as “done deal”. The deployment decision by the US and South Korea would further escalate the tensions on the Korean Peninsula and would likely trigger confrontations between major counties. The deployment move is a vicious plan that would endanger peace and stability on the peninsula and Northeast Asia region.

Washington and Seoul repeatedly have argued that the deployment of the THAAD system is to deter the “serious threat” from North Korean nuclear weapons and missiles. In fact, the so-called “threat from North Korea” is a kind of cooked-up topic. It should not be a difficult question to answer: Who is the threat -- the US and South Korea to North Korea, or vice versa? In terms of economic power, North Korea is certainly of no match to South Korea. As far as military power is concerned, the US and South Korea are in a military alliance, and with Japan as a supplement, their combined military power is overwhelmingly superior to that of North Korea. They also stick to the policy of hostility towards North Korea, with an ultimate goal of regime change. Under such circumstances, it is self-evident who represents the threat.North Korea's pursuit for nuclear weapons is a wrong move, but in some sense, it was the US that has driven North Korea onto the road of nuclear weapon development. North Korea's move to possess nuclear weapons and claims of “pre-emptive” strike to eliminate the enemies are, in essence, a kind of bluffing and defensive postures of the underdog. If this could be considered a threat to South Korea and US military stationed in South Korea, it's more or less psychological, and North Korea's claim of destroying the enemies is nothing but blowing hot air. North Korea, as the weaker side, could not possibly “invade the South” in a pre-emptive way, because it knows that doing so will spell its own destruction.

The US and South Korea defended their decision on the THAAD deployment decision time and again, claiming it only targets at North Korea, not China or Russia. This is a trick they played to fool the others and the world. The radar detection distance of the THAAD system could easily reach 2,000 kilometers, its interception altitude ranges between 40 kilometers within and 150 kilometers outside the atmosphere. The capabilities and functions of the THAAD system mean that it is mainly to track and intercept medium- and long-range ballistic missiles, and poses real and direct threat to the strategic weapon systems in China's hinterlands and Russia's Far East regions. On the contrary, the THAAD has little or no effect in intercepting North Korea's short-range missiles. So the real motives of the US and South Korea for the THAAD deployment are self-evident: It aims at China and Russia.

The US has been considering China and Russia as major obstacles to its drive for global hegemony, and therefore has regarded China and Russia as its strategic rivals and major containment targets. The US' main method is to develop the global anti-missile systems in an attempt to mitigate the threat of missiles from China and Russia, ultimately by achieving its goal of containing China and Russia. By using deterrence against missile threats from Iran and North Korean as excuses, the US deployed and is to deploy advanced anti-missile systems in Eastern Europe and South Korea. Through deployment of the advanced systems at the doorsteps of Russia and China, it is meant to perform close-in tracking of the Chinese and Russian strategic nuclear power, and to intercept when necessary in an attempt to guarantee US absolute strategic superiority over China and Russia. Ultimately, it would want to coerce China and Russia to yield to its pressure and clear the last hurdles on its way to dominate the world. The US moves in Eastern Europe and South Korea not only undermine the regional and global strategic power balance and the foundation of world peace and stability, but also attempt to sacrifice the national security of China and Russia. This is a well-choreographed plan of the US, but it may never succeed.

As far as the THAAD deployment is concerned, South Korea played a disgraceful role. South Korea, in the name of “defending its national security and the safety of its citizens”, voluntarily agreed to the US deployment of the THAAD system in the country. This is a grave error. Under dual protection of the powerful US conventional and strategic weapons, the national security of South Korea is not at risk. Under the influence of a Cold War mentality, however, it still invites the US to deploy the THAAD system on its soil, volunteers to jump on the chariot of the US Asia-Pacific strategy, and acts to be a pawn in the US strategy in containing China and Russia. Furthermore, the South Korean government also played tough on the THAAD deployment. South Korean Defense Minister Han Min-goo said that if Chinese or Russian missiles are fired at the THAAD deployment sites, South Korea would use the US anti-missile systems to shoot down the incoming Russian or Chinese missiles, sending signals of readiness for confrontation with China and Russia. When South Korea acts as a cat's paw for the US, it will inevitably get hurt, and when South Korea plays the role of a surrogate for the US in containing China and Russia, it is an invitation to self-destruction – a road to disaster and certainly not a wise move.

China and Russia, in the face of undisguised strategic challenges from the US and South Korea, also showed their uncompromising and firm attitude in defending their national strategic security interests. They not only made solemn responses to the challenges, but also vowed to take necessary joint actions within the framework of their comprehensive strategic partnership.

The confrontation regarding the deployment of the THAAD system might lead to unbearable consequences if the situation gets worse. At present, there is still room for maneuvering to defuse the confrontation, which demands the US and South Korea abandon their THAAD deployment plan. Then, the confrontational situation would be eased, and so will the tense situation in Northeast Asia. For all parties involved, this should be the most desirable solution.