The South Korean military will conduct a substantial joint military exercise tomorrow in a display of readiness against possible North Korean provocations.
The exercise, to be held in Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province, will include AH-1S attack helicopters, 500MD helicopters, METIS-M anti-tank missiles and F-15K and KF-16 fighters, as well as eight hundred personnel.
K-1 tanks and thirty six K-9 self-propelled guns will perform targeting drills, supported by fighter jets.
Also, anti-artillery radar (AN/TPQ-36) will be utilized by K-9 guns, to prepare for a situation similar to the Yeonpyeong attack.
On this, an anonymous military official commented, “Multiple launch rocket system drills have been held individually, but this time will be conducted with other weapons systems.”
Brigadier General Ju Eun Sik explained also, “If anything like the Yeonpyeong incident happens again, we will retaliate fully, and this exercise will show the strong preparedness of our army.”
Approximately two thousand citizens are due to observe the exercise.
