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Saturday, January 08, 2011

South Korea Naval Forces To More Than Double Anti-sub Drills 2011

CheonanThe South Korean naval forces will increase the number of anti-submarine military exercises this year, in order to make the combat readiness higher in case of new acts of military sabotage from North Korea.

"We will more than double the number of anti-submarine exercises this year and these drills will be very close to real combat conditions," Russia's Itar-Tass news agency quoted South Korea's Navy Chief of Staff Admiral Kim Sung-Chan as saying on Friday.

This measure is caused by the need for a higher combat capability of the naval forces for a powerful retaliatory strike in case of new acts of military sabotage from North Korea, he noted.

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