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South Korea Plans to Deploy U.S. Missiles
South Korea will begin deploying U.S.-made missiles next month that can strike most of North Korea, a defense ministry official said Wednesday.This is going to curl Kimmieâs hair! The Army Tactical Missile System Block 1A missiles, made by the U.S. company Lockheed Martin, has a range of 186 miles and will be deployed near the Demilitarized Zone - a 2 mile-wide border separating the two nations. ``We plan to start deploying the missiles next month,ââ said the official. South Korea has already purchased an undisclosed number of the weapons and intends to buy a total of 111 Army Tactical Missile System Block 1A missiles by 2004. It bought the early version of the system with a range of 102 miles in 1997. And I bet the accuracy of the Block 1A is a mite better than the Long-Dong. South Korea has expressed wishes to develop missiles with a longer range. It obtained U.S. approval in 2001 to develop missiles with a range of up to 186 miles. Under a 1979 accord with the United States, South Korea had been barred from developing missile with a range longer than 112 miles. Missiles with a range of 186 miles are capable of striking Pyongyang and other parts of North Korea including, Yongbyon, where the North says it is using spent nuclear fuel rods to make atomic bombs. What an amazing coincidence! Posted by: Steve White 2003-11-05 |
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