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China-Japan-Koreas
ROK mulls test-launch of ballistic missile under development
2015-09-13
SEOUL -- South Korea is considering a test-launch of a ballistic missile with a range of 800 kilometers, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Friday, unveiling the test plan of the missile the country is developing to guard against North Korea's advancing missile threats.

"We are reviewing a plan to do a launch into the international sea south of the Korean air defense identification zone (KADIZ) and the island of Ieodo," Maj. Gen. Yang Byung-hee of the JCS said during a parliamentary audit.

His comments were in response to New Politics Alliance for Democracy Rep. Kim Kwang-Jin's query, "Do we have space to launch an 800 km-range missile?"
800 kilometers: far enough to whack the Norks, not far enough to threaten the Chinese...
It was the first time the military has suggested a test-launch plan for the missile, which the country has been developing to cope with North Korea's advancing nuclear and missile capacities.

The remarks indicate the military is close to completing the development of the ballistic missiles.
Posted by:Steve White

#2  Don't fergit DALIAN fka PORT ARTHUR.

After all these decades after the Russia-Japanese war + WWR, Beijing remains highly sensitive to anything that happens to this strategic peninsula.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2015-09-13 21:02  

#1  Except that Shanghai is within range from the southern part of the peninsula.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2015-09-13 12:44  

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