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Thursday, July 14, 2011
Navy to bloster presence on Ulleung, move seen to protect Dokdo islets
Ulleung Island
The Navy has decided to expand a helicopter landing facility on Ulleung Island and dispatch two more military helicopters to it, according to a lawmaker.
The move comes as Seoul seeks to bolster its capabilities to defend the easternmost islets of Dokdo over which Japan has been persistently making sovereignty claims.
Rep. Song Young-sun of the minority Future Hope Alliance party said that the Navy signed a construction contract in June to expand the size of the landing facility from the current 1,860 square meters to 5,040 square meters by April 2013.
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