North Korea`s missile prep time `Effectively Nullifies` South`s defenses

  14 February 2017    Read: 1065
North Korea`s missile prep time `Effectively Nullifies` South`s defenses
North Korea`s missile technology tested over the weekend has rendered South Korea`s domestic missile defense systems nearly obsolete, South Korea`s National Intelligence Service (NIS) said as cited by local media Tuesday.
The NIS detailed Pyongyang`s launch of the Pukguksong-2 ballistic missile on Sunday as reaching a top speed of Mach 8.5 and capable of flying at over 1,200 miles, according to the Yonhap news service.

The NIS, in a briefing with the South Korean lawmakers, also reportedly said Pyongyang`s use of solid fuel "significantly reduced the launch preparation time to less than 10 minutes."

The reduced launch preparation time could thus "effectively nullify the `Kill Chain` that is being designed to detect and destroy North Korean missile threats before they are launched," a lawmaker briefed by the NIS reportedly said.

South Korea`s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has been determined to develop its domestically produced missile defense systems — Kill Chain and Korean Air and Missile Defense — to intercept North Korean missiles before 2023.

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