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Friday, June 17, 2011

S. Korea deploys missiles near border

ATACMSSouth Korea has deployed missiles capable of hitting the North Korean capital Pyongyang near the tense border on the peninsula, media reports in Seoul said on Friday.

The forward deployment of the surface-to-surface missiles, known as the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS), was in response to a recent rise in tensions, Yonhap news agency and Dong-A Ilbo newspaper reported.

Several ATACMS missiles, which can be fired from multiple rocket launchers, have been sited near the border Demilitarised Zone, Yonhap quoted a military source as saying.

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