The United States accelerated the installation of an anti-missile defense system in South Korea amid growing tension on the Korean Peninsula. The US missile defense system should be completely ready by the end of 2017, reports DW.

Some components of the anti-missile system have already arrived in the south of the country, the South Korean government reported..

As reported, the Administration of Donald Trump ponders the expansion of political and economic pressure against North Korea. The presidential adviser on national security proposes to impose sanctions against Chinese banks and companies that work with the DPRK.

Earlier it was reported that the US had begun deploying the missile defense (TH) missile defense systems in South Korea.

Recall, on February 12, the DPRK announced a successful test of a ballistic missile in the Sea of ??Japan. Pyongyang claims that the possibility of equipping the projectile with a nuclear warhead and its ability to evade interception was successfully tested in this way.

The launch of the missile was unanimously condemned by the UN Security Council, threatening Pyongyang with "serious measures".