정경두 "軍 감시자산, 北미사일 모두 포착... 우리 기술능력 훨씬 뛰어나"<br /><br />South Korea's defense chief expressed confidence in the nation's military capabilities.<br />The minister pointed out Seoul has much more advanced military technology than Pyeongyang and has all the assets necessary to monitor, defend, and attack against the regime's provocations.<br />Oh Jung-hee reports shares with us his remarks.<br />Facing continued military provocations from North Korea, South Korea's defense chief stressed that Seoul has much advanced military capabilities than Pyeongyang... and can ward off any cross-border threat.<br />Speaking at a national defense forum held Wednesday, South Korea's Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo said...<br />"Early this morning, North Korea fired unidentified projectiles twice. Our military's surveillance assets have detected all of them and are perfectly taking countermeasures."<br />Jeong emphasized that South Korea is fully capable of intercepting North Korean missiles... and such ability is only becoming stronger by the day.<br />He added... that the South Korean military outweighs the North's in terms of technology and size.<br />"North Korea usually talks about its ballistic missiles, but we have both ballistic and cruise missiles. And the North's missiles are mostly ground-to-ground. We, too, have ground-to-ground missiles, in addition to ship-to-ground, submarine-to-ground, and air-to-ground weapons."<br />Seoul's military chief also showed confidence when it comes to defending the nation against the short-range missiles Pyeongyang fired recently,... which resemble Russia's Iskander-class ballistic missiles... and have a complicated flying trajectory to track and shoot down.<br />"Some wonder whether it be difficult to intercept these missiles because of their pull-up maneuver at low altitudes, and yes, it could be difficult. But the missiles are still in our target range. And we have had the pull-up technology from long before... since our defense agency developed it."<br />Jeong stressed that North Korea is indeed an enemy if it threatens and makes provocations against South Korea.<br />And if it comes to that, he highlighted that the military has secured systems to monitor the North's movements... and coordinate with the U.S. in real-time to defend and attack.<br />He added the military will continue to upgrade these technologies.<br />Oh Jung-hee, Arirang News.<br />
