The South Korean military will conduct a substantial joint military exercise tomorrow in a display of readiness against possible North Korean provocations. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
K-1 tanks and thirty six K-9 self-propelled guns will perform targeting drills, supported by fighter jets. <\/p>\n
Also, anti-artillery radar (AN\/TPQ-36) will be utilized by K-9 guns, to prepare for a situation similar to the Yeonpyeong attack. <\/p>\n
On this, an anonymous military official commented, \u201cMultiple launch rocket system drills have been held individually, but this time will be conducted with other weapons systems.\u201d <\/p>\n
Brigadier General Ju Eun Sik explained also, \u201cIf anything like the Yeonpyeong incident happens again, we will retaliate fully, and this exercise will show the strong preparedness of our army.\u201d<\/p>\n
Approximately two thousand citizens are due to observe the exercise. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":154,"featured_media":14117,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n