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Defense News - South Korea |
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Thursday
, December 23, 2010, 07:54 AM |
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Korea begins a series of live-fire military exercises on an
unprecedented scale. |
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South
Korea begins a series of live-fire military exercises on
an unprecedented scale near the heavily armed land border
with the North. Hundreds of troops, tanks, helicopters and
jet fighters are gathering some 20km (12 miles) from the
heavily armed land border.
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South
Korean army soldiers on Yeonpyeong island
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Tension has been high since North Korea shelled the South's
Yeonpyeong island last month, killing four South Koreans.
The North has branded the exercises "warmongering"
but its criticism has been more muted than normal.
The South Korean army has made no secret of the fact the
drill aims to display its full firepower to its neighbour.
Thursday's drill is being held at Pocheon, about 50km
from central Seoul. Exercises have been held at Pocheon
before, but this is on an unprecedented scale, an army
spokesman said.
Although the South has conducted no fewer than 47 military
drills this year, this is the largest winter live-fire
exercise ever conducted on land. It began about 45 minutes
later than the scheduled start time of 1400 local time
(0500 GMT) and was to last about an hour, with more than
100 types of weapons deployed, including tanks, anti-tank
missiles, helicopters and fighter jets.
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