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Growing Calls for Revising Kill Chain, KAMD

News2017-02-14
Growing Calls for Revising Kill Chain, KAMD

North Korea's latest missile launch is prompting calls among some for a revision in South Korea's preemptive strike capabilities.

The newly developed intermediate-range ballistic missile launched Sunday called Pukguksong-2 can be fired from a mobile launcher without fuel injection in a process experts warn could be completed in as little as ten minutes.

Representative Lee Cheol-woo of the Liberty Korea Party compared the missile Tuesday to those launched from submarines, saying they are virtually impossible to strike preemptively.

He and other policymakers say it's time to take a fresh look at South Korea's so-called "Kill Chain" and "KAMD"(Korean Air and Missile Defense)" preemptive strike system and make adjustments as necessary.

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