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| N.Korea Builds Artillery Base on West Sea Island |
| 2015-07-03 |
| North Korea has built five long-range 122-mm artillery positions on an uninhabited island just 4.5 km away from South Korea's Yeonpyeong Island. A senior military officer on Wednesday said North Korea started to build the artillery positions in March on an island called Galdo. Surveillance also shows one command tower and three barracks on the island, he added. The military here believes North Korean troops will move to Galdo between July and August. The North apparently built a port and mooring facilities on the island as well. North Korea used the same 122-mm artillery batteries when it attacked Yeonpyeong Island back in November 2010. A military officer said, "Galdo is just 500 m by 300 m in area and there is very little military value in stationing artillery pieces there." But they do pose a threat to Yeonpyeong Island, which fall within its range. South Korean Marines and Navy patrol boats are stationed on Yeonpyeong Island to guard the Northern Limit Line, which separates the two Koreas on the West Sea. |
| Posted by:Steve White |