South Korea Begins Deployment of Large Surface to Surface Missiles to Deter North Korea
The ROK might want to consider having some of these missiles pointed across the Yellow Sea as well because the Chinese likely have missiles pointed at South Korea:
South Korea’s military has begun deploying the high-power Hyunmoo-5 ballistic missile, military sources said Sunday, as Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back called for a “balance of terror” to counter North Korea’s nuclear threat.
The surface-to-surface missile — dubbed a “monster” because of its size — is designed to strike underground bunkers and is a key element of South Korea’s plan to deter and, if necessary, respond to a major North Korean attack.
South Korea has increasingly emphasized conventional strike capabilities as it seeks to strengthen deterrence against North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs.
Ahn has called for a substantial buildup of South Korea’s strike arsenal in response to North Korea’s nuclear threats.
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A couple more THAAD batteries (or the homegrown variant when it’s deployable) would be cheaper than adding offensive weapons.
And less likely to be a threat to Japan, Taiwan, and the Philippines if a “real” commie stooge were to be elected.
I find it strange that @setnaffa, who constantly claims to be a “friend” of Korea and to hate communism, argues that Korea should give up the very offensive capabilities that help keep North Korea in check.
That position effectively implies that Korea should remain weak and dependent on the USFK, so that if U.S. forces ever withdraw, Korea would be left vulnerable to pressure or takeover by China and Russia.
This is why @setnaffa appears to support keeping USFK in Korea forever.
China and Russia would stand to gain enormously if such a scenario were to occur.
In addition @setnaffa would receive a hefty bonus from China and Russia.
setnaffa is what happens when a bot farm subsists on a diet of cheeseburgers and aspirin.
If you don’t know which buzzing insects are flies or bees, take a big steaming poo.
The poo will only attract the flies.
Then you can easily identify the buzzing insects.
I would like to say this works in the echo chamber of Setnaffa’s botfarms.
But it doesn’t attract insects of any kind.
It only attracts the poo.
So no real lesson there.
Sadly, PoohGPT just attracts commie bots…
What they don’t know is that I have secretly replaced Xi’s Thoughts with genuine Folger’s Crystals.
Let’s see how long it takes forvthem to catch on…
2nd phase;
Final phase, estimated by 4 July 2026, to coincidecwith USA 250th birthday:
Translation of the banners for phases 2 and 3;