Seoul Practices Striking N.Korean Command Posts
South Korean military authorities would respond to any fresh
provocation from North Korea by striking key command posts as well as
the actual source of the attack and its support groups.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff on Monday conducted an emergency preparedness drill on the ground and in the air on the assumption that the North launches a long-range artillery attack.
The JCS checked the Army's missile command and frontline corps and Air Force units, a spokesman said. The drill began at 4 a.m. without prior notice on the assumption that the JCS receives an emergency report of long-range artillery shooting at the northwesternmost islands and the Seoul metropolitan area.
The JCS's intelligence and operations units practiced determining the coordinates of the long-range artillery batteries using AN/TPQ-37 firefinder radar and immediately passing them on to relevant units. The missile command practiced launching Hyunmu missiles with a range of 300 km and frontline units practiced firing K-9 self-propelled guns to respond within five to six minutes time after a North Korean artillery attack.
F-15K fighters armed with SLAM-ER standoff land attack missiles with a range of 278 km were immediately scrambled and practiced striking North Korean command posts in the rear.
"The drill was designed to target sources of provocations including command posts of the enemy Army's divisions, corps, or higher-level units," a JCS officer said.
Monday's impromptu drill was carried out following an order by Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin to JCS Chairman Jung Seung-jo after the North threatened to attack major South Korean media and some North Korean fighter jets flew threateningly close to the border.
Chosun Ilbo News Service
The Joint Chiefs of Staff on Monday conducted an emergency preparedness drill on the ground and in the air on the assumption that the North launches a long-range artillery attack.
The JCS checked the Army's missile command and frontline corps and Air Force units, a spokesman said. The drill began at 4 a.m. without prior notice on the assumption that the JCS receives an emergency report of long-range artillery shooting at the northwesternmost islands and the Seoul metropolitan area.
The JCS's intelligence and operations units practiced determining the coordinates of the long-range artillery batteries using AN/TPQ-37 firefinder radar and immediately passing them on to relevant units. The missile command practiced launching Hyunmu missiles with a range of 300 km and frontline units practiced firing K-9 self-propelled guns to respond within five to six minutes time after a North Korean artillery attack.
F-15K fighters armed with SLAM-ER standoff land attack missiles with a range of 278 km were immediately scrambled and practiced striking North Korean command posts in the rear.
"The drill was designed to target sources of provocations including command posts of the enemy Army's divisions, corps, or higher-level units," a JCS officer said.
Monday's impromptu drill was carried out following an order by Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin to JCS Chairman Jung Seung-jo after the North threatened to attack major South Korean media and some North Korean fighter jets flew threateningly close to the border.
Chosun Ilbo News Service
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