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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Korea Hits Snag Over Import of Israeli Missiles

Spike NLOS |Experts have called on the government to review plans to import Israeli-made missiles with a budget of W58 billion to launch precision strikes on North Korea's coastal artillery batteries because they fall short of expectations (US$1=W1,111).

Seoul decided to purchase the Spike NLOS (Non Line Of Sight) missiles right after the North shelled Yeonpyeong Island in November 2010, with a view to firing a precision-guided missile from Baeknyeong or Yeonpyeong Island in immediate response to another North Korean artillery attack.

The current K-9 self-propelled guns deployed on the islands are unsuitable for the task. The Air Force's F-15K or KF-16 fighter jets could destroy the North's coastal artillery batteries with missiles, but they cannot respond immediately because they take off from an air base in the central part of the country. In addition, they can only be scrambled if the weather is good.

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