In South Korea, a strategy to subdue North Korea by intercepting in advance appeared as a base for the U.S. space force’s localized missile ‘pre-launch attack’.
At a U.S. Senate hearing, U.S. Northern Commander Glenn VanHurk announced on the 9th that he would launch an interceptor missile launch system in preparation for launching missiles from North Korea and China, formalizing the introduction of a "left of launch structure" that broke away from the existing early warning system. .
At a hearing reported by Voice of America (VOA), Army Space and Missile Defense Commander Daniel Kabler said in a written reply that the THAAD and Patriot system integrated rescue missile launch system would be deployed on the Korean Peninsula this summer.
In relation to Korea, Commander Kabbler said that the Joint Tactical Ground Station (JATAGS) detachment under the U.S. Army's 1st Space Brigade has been deployed, and the Korean detachment has been deployed to a new facility at Osan Air Base.
At a hearing on the same day, the director of the Missile Defense Agency, John Hill, said at a hearing on the same day that last year's test of the integration of the high-altitude missile defense system (THAD) and the Patriot interceptor separated the THAAD launch pad from the radar and completed the launch of a short-term interceptor missile with the Patriot missile using radar information. Experiments with controlling Patriot batteries will give theater commanders complete flexibility, he said.
As a result, the THAAD deployed in South Korea was combined with the Patriot missile launch from the existing defense, and became a 'pre-launch intercept missile system'.
"In addition to China and Russia, North Korea and Iran are increasing the range and accuracy of their missile forces," said Leonor Tomero, deputy assistant secretary of defense for nuclear and missile defense policy at a US Senate hearing. , “Cooperation with Japan, Korea and Australia in the Indo-Pacific is a representative example,” VOA reported on the 10th.
The 'launching left' structure revealed at the hearing is a US military operation that neutralizes the missile before the launch of the enemy's missile. It is a 'defense preemptive attack' that attacks the preparation stage to the left of the launch in the missile flight stage, which is prepared for launch → launch → rise → descent. is the system
The existing THAAD was developed as a system that intercepts descending missiles by operating at the launch stage, giving the South Korean deployment a defense justification.
"The FTM-44 test, which succeeded in shooting down a simulated intercontinental ballistic missile with the SM-3 Block 2A interceptor mounted on the Aegis ship late last year, was with North Korea in mind," said John Hill, director of the Missile Defense Agency, at a hearing.
He said in advance that last year's undisclosed U.S.-South Korea-Japan missile defense exercise "Pacific Dragon" would be held in Hawaii in August next year, with Australian troops in addition to the U.S., South Korea, Japan and Australia participating.
Kim Byung-joo, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea (former deputy commander of the ROK-U.S. Combined Forces Command), appeared on TBS 'Kim Eo-jun' on the 25th of last month, saying, "It is a very big achievement that President Moon Jae-in has built a highway to space." said.
Rep. Kim said in a briefing at the National Assembly on the 23rd, "Together, the Democratic Party will try to actively support the country with laws, systems and budgets so that it can lead the space age and stand tall as a missile powerhouse."
In an interview with Ohmy News right before his proportional representative election, Rep. Kim said, “The Moon Jae-in administration has been striving for the same 'peace through power' as my philosophy. One of the security promises of the 21st National Assembly is to create the world's fifth-largest military power, and I participated in making the pledge." Regarding the North Korean denuclearization strategy by increasing arms, he said, "The inter-Korean issue can also be denuclearized through war, but (omitted) ) to persevere and try to win without fighting. The Moon Jae-in government is engaged in the non-fighting war, beolmo and beolgyo that is mentioned in the ," he said. "Beolmo against North Korea means to change the mind of the enemy and subdue it by striking the enemy's scheme," he said. 'Subdue North Korea'.
Regarding the military increase in an interview, Rep. Kim said, “The initial defense budget of the Moon Jae-in administration increased to 40 trillion won, and to 50 trillion won this year in the third year of the administration.” “It is an average annual increase of 7.5%, but it was about 4-5% during the Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye administration.” said on May 18 last year. (Refer to May 23, 2020)