Seoul to Deploy New Guided Missiles Next Year

South Korea will station newly developed guided missiles on the western coast next year designed to attack North Korean hovercraft during a possible invasion.

The Agency for Defense Development said it took three years and W70 billion (US$1=W1,080) to develop the 70-mm guided missiles.

"The missile successfully hit its target in a fourth test recently," an official at the agency said. "After more tests until August, we plan to deploy the missiles on Baeknyeong and Yeonpyeong islands" in the West Sea.

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