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Calls for Better Missiles for SKors | |
2009-04-08 | |
Views are gaining ground among politicians in Seoul that South Korea needs to extend the range of its ballistic missiles now that North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket has shown its own can fly thousands of miles. South Korea is by agreement limited to missiles with a range of 300 km and a maximum payload of 500 kg.
Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan in the National Assembly on Tuesday said, "At the moment, we're reviewing" a revision of the bilateral missile agreement. When Grand National Party lawmaker Gu Sang-chan asked if the aim of getting the North's missile capabilities under control, as set forth by South Korea when it acceded to the U.S.-led Missile Technology Control Regime in 2001, had been thwarted, Yu said yes. Military experts say now is the right time to seek extension of the range of missiles. "I think that the U.S. now has a weaker justification for restricting the range of Korea's ballistic missiles, as the North's latest rocket launch proves," said former vice defense minister Park Yong-ok. Seoul and Washington agreed on the missile guidelines in January 2001. The same year, Seoul also acceded to the MTCR which strictly bans member states from transferring missile-related technologies. | |
Posted by:Steve White |
#3 DEMANDS FULL DEVELOPMENT OF "NEW BERLIN WALL" I get so sick of this crap. The Berlin Wall was built to keep the SLAVES IN!!!!! This is Hadrian's wall or the Great Wall and you build it to keep the BARBARIAN'S OUT!!!!! That a cop and a murderer both use a gun does not mean that they're the same!!!!!!! A wall is just a tool and can be used for different things. |
Posted by: AlanC 2009-04-08 09:31 |
#2 ION SAME > INDIA'S LARGEST OPPOSITION PARTY [BJP] DEMANDS FULL DEVELOPMENT OF "NEW BERLIN WALL" IN NORTHEAST INDIA AND JIMMU-KASHMIR [LOC]TO STOP OR CURB CROSS-BORDER MILITANCY [despite costs]. |
Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-04-08 02:33 |
#1 OTOH, WORLD MILITARY FORUM > IIUC NORTH KOREA IS CHINA'S NATURAL NE STRATEGIC BUFFER ZONE. WORST CASE SCENARIO FOR CHINA IS KOREAN UNIFICATION WITH AN ANTI-CHIN, PRO-AMERICAN GOVT. LOSS OF DRPK MEANS NOT ONLY THE END OF CHIN'S NE STRATEGIC BUFFER ZONE BUT ALSO A "RIPPLE/DOMINO EFFECT" OF ANTI-CHINA REGIONAL GEOPOL CHAOSES THROUGHOUT EAST-SOUTH ASIA. Also on WMF > REPORT: CHINA TO PROCEED WITH RAPID FULL-SCALE DEVELOPMENT OF MEDIUM-SIZED AIRCARFT CARRIERS. |
Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-04-08 02:31 |