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Thursday, January 16, 2014

South Korea to Adopt Multi-Layered Missile Defense as US Promises to Deploy Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Near Korea

Patriot PAC-3South Korea has said that the country must have a multi-layered missile defense to bolster combat readiness in the face of continued missile threats from North Korea that has become rampant over the years.

Rep. Yoo Seong-min of the Saenuri Party, who chairs the parliamentary defense committee in South Korea, said the conventional missile program to shoot down flying missiles will be weak to deal with North Korea's long-range missiles, the South Korean Yonhap News Agency reports.

South Korea currently has 48 PAC-2 missiles imported from Germany. They have a low interception rate of only 40 percent.

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