S. Korea to launch special unit to strike at N. Korea's wartime leadership

軍 "北전쟁지도부 제거 특임여단 올해 창설"…2년 앞당겨
The nation's defense minister also outlined a plan to beef up the country's capabilities to better counter threats from Pyongyang.
According to our Kim Hyun-bin it includes the establishment of a special unit capable of striking at the communist state's wartime command structure.
During a briefing for Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn on Wednesday,... Defense Minister Han Min-koo said the military will focus this year on countering North Korea's weapons of mass destruction including its nukes and missiles.
Han said that its military will set up a special infiltration brigade focused on paralyzing Pyongyang's wartime command structure.
The minister also offered an update on the weapons grade plutonium and highly enriched uranium that the North has in its nuclear arsenal.
Seoul estimates that Pyongyang holds some 40 kilograms of weapons grade plutonium, which is capable of developing four to eight nuclear weapons.
Seoul also plans to speed up the planned implementation of South Korea's key weapons systems by a couple of years to better counter the North.


"To better counter the threats posed by North Korea's weapons of mass destruction, we will enhance the South Korea-U.S. extended deterrence policy as well as our three-stage plan, which includes both retaliatory and defense methods."

The three-stage plan includes the Korean Air and Missile Defense system, the Kill Chain pre-emptive strike system and the Korea Massive Punishment and Retaliation plan, which aims to take out key military facilities in the North during an imminent threat.
Han also said that the deployment of the U.S. advanced missile defense system THAAD will be installed as planned in the middle of the year.


"South Korea is also planning to expand its military cooperation with Japan to better defend against the threats from North Korea.
Kim Hyun-bin, Arirang News."

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