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South Korean army reveals plan to develop 'Frankenmissile' targeting North Korea
The Straits Times ^ | 20 Oct, 2017

Posted on 10/21/2017 10:55:19 AM PDT by MtnClimber

South Korea's military plans to develop a "Frankenmissile" to counter North Korea's escalating missile and nuclear capabilities in a bid to overwhelm the North during the initial phase of the war.

In its report for an annual parliamentary audit by the National Assembly's Defence Committee, the army said they would develop the "Hyunmoo IV" surface-to-surface missile, powerful enough to destroy North Korea's underground military facilities and command centre.

Combined with indigenous tactical surface-to-surface missiles and Hyunmoo-class intermediate-range ballistic missiles, the advanced pre-emptive strike capability would inflict "unbearable cost" on the North by neutralising its nuclear and missile sites, as well as long-range artillery units, the army said.

(Excerpt) Read more at straitstimes.com ...


TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: korea

1 posted on 10/21/2017 10:55:20 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

I hope they can effectively deter the NORKs.


2 posted on 10/21/2017 10:55:56 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

a couple gazillion of these would be useful too:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katyusha_rocket_launcher


3 posted on 10/21/2017 10:57:24 AM PDT by catnipman ( Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: MtnClimber

This North Korean freak needs to understand he is all alone in his perverted quest. It doesn’t end well for him.


4 posted on 10/21/2017 10:57:24 AM PDT by ItsOnlyDaryl
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To: MtnClimber

Take it from someone who spent two tours working with them back when they were still a third-world country: They have a much better military than the DPRK and they have the fuel, food and supplies to use it.


5 posted on 10/21/2017 11:01:40 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: MtnClimber

I imagine Trump said something along the lines of; if you want to appease the North, you can write the check.


6 posted on 10/21/2017 11:02:35 AM PDT by aynrandfreak (Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

That is good to hear. Little Fat Boy seems determined to start a war.


7 posted on 10/21/2017 11:05:38 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

My Korean captains and majors in the bunker I worked in had served in Vietnam with us. Hilarious stories.


8 posted on 10/21/2017 11:08:09 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: MtnClimber

9 posted on 10/21/2017 11:22:44 AM PDT by TMA62 (Al Sharpton - The North Korea of race relations)
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To: MtnClimber

“I see your missiles and I raise you 10
Kts.” The winner gets the pot or what ever remains. BTW, if there was a moderate NK out there, Kim would be gone by now. The Russians and the Chinese would have arranged his demise. (All they have to do is get the group that works for the Clintons.) (Headline, Kim committs suicide in a car with 3 shots to the back of his head and then explodes the bomb in the gas tank, see no one the wiser.)


10 posted on 10/21/2017 11:24:36 AM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (Damn, the tag line disappeared again? Coursors!)
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My suspicion is that the South Korean armed forces would shut down Phat-Boi very quickly. They have spent 60 years developing attack plans and I suspect any war would be very short and very brutal North of the DMZ. One the odd things I have seen is a fairly comprehensive list of the North's artillery and it appears that most of it is very short range, designed to repel a close attack but not designed to land shells in Seoul.

Maybe one to two thousand guns can reach Seoul. Most of the North Korean guns are 5-12 mile ranges. They also are in the habit of pulling their guns into the bunkers and closing the armored doors when they reload the guns, drastically reducing their fire rate.
All of their arty positions are known and I suspect each has been thoroughly analyzed to determine the shell, the jdam or the missile warhead needed to break each and every one.

They are arranged in a bowl shape with mountains behind them which concentrates their firepower into a relatively small area which is to S. Korea's advantage.
There would be a significant number of casualties in Seoul but I don't think that the artillery is the insolvable problem that we have been led to believe it is.

11 posted on 10/21/2017 11:46:57 AM PDT by buffaloguy (Bond arms Cowbot)
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To: MtnClimber

They should strap Al Franken to it. Send him to NK.


12 posted on 10/21/2017 11:59:23 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: MtnClimber

I live in dairy country. A Hyunmoo is something I’ve heard before


13 posted on 10/21/2017 12:12:12 PM PDT by Cold Heart
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To: Bringbackthedraft

Or they could use the Exploding-Train-Trick which almost got his father ...


14 posted on 10/21/2017 12:21:28 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: MtnClimber

Good. It’s time for South Korea to take over it’s own defense. We have had US forces in South Korea for far too long.


15 posted on 10/21/2017 12:26:01 PM PDT by WatchungEagle
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To: MtnClimber

Kim Dumb Fat Ass won’t get the “joke”.


16 posted on 10/21/2017 12:43:36 PM PDT by WKUHilltopper (WKU 2016 Boca Raton Bowl Champions)
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To: WKUHilltopper

Sorks should do the majority of the fighting just like the Phillipinos did in WW2. Next: Iran.


17 posted on 10/21/2017 1:58:12 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: MtnClimber

TONGIL..!!


18 posted on 10/21/2017 2:55:17 PM PDT by gaijin
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