Anchor: The U.S. has dispatched a sea-based radar platform and a guided missile destroyer to international waters around the Korean Peninsula to keep a closer eye on North Korea’s military moves.
Our Kim Soyon reports.

Report: As threats of war from Pyongyang continue to escalate, the U.S. has moved a high-tech radar into international waters around Korea to monitor the North Korean military.

The Sea-Based X-Band Radar-1 is a mid-course fire control radar on a 116 meter long by 85 meter high platform based on a seagoing vessel. It can detect an object as small as a baseball at a range of two-thousand kilometers.

The U.S. Navy also decided to dispatch the guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald near the peninsula as well.

The movements of the high-tech radar and destroyer come just a day after the U.S. sent two F-22 Raptor fighter jets to take part in the combined South Korea-U.S. military drills.

CNN quoted a U.S. Defense Department official as saying the dispatch of the sea-based radar platform is to closely monitor the North Korean military’s moves and possible new missile launches.

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Monday that despite the harsh rhetoric the U.S. is hearing from Pyongyang, it’s not seeing changes to the North Korean military posture, such as large-scale mobilizations and positioning of forces.

Carney said Washington takes North Korea’s rhetoric very seriously but refrained from commenting on Kim Jong-un’s true intentions behind the threats. He said the disconnect between the rhetoric and actions should be left up to the analysts.

Kim Soyon, KBS World Radio News.