June 12, 2012, ITN, S Korea
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South Korean military authorities would respond to any fresh provocation from North Korea
by striking key command posts as well as the actual source of the attack and its support groups.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff on Monday conducted an emergency preparedness drill on the
ground and in the air on the assumption that the North launches a long-range artillery attack.
The JCS checked the Army's missile command and frontline corps and Air Force units, a spokesman
said. The drill began at 4 a.m. without prior notice on the assumption that the JCS receives an
emergency report of long-range artillery shooting at the northwestern-most islands and the Seoul
metropolitan area.
The JCS's intelligence and operations units practiced determining the coordinates of the long-range
artillery batteries using AN/TPQ-37 firefinder radar and immediately passing them on to relevant units.
The missile command practiced launching Hyunmu missiles with a range of 300 km and frontline units
practiced firing K-9 self-propelled guns to respond within five to six minutes time after a North
Korean artillery attack.
F-15K fighters armed with SLAM-ER standoff land attack missiles with a range of 278 km were
immediately scrambled and practiced striking North Korean command posts in the rear.
Monday's impromptu drill was carried out following an order by Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin to JCS
Chairman Jung Seung-jo after the North threatened to attack major South Korean media and some
North Korean fighter jets flew threateningly close to the border.
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South Korean military authorities would respond to any fresh provocation from North Korea
by striking key command posts as well as the actual source of the attack and its support groups.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff on Monday conducted an emergency preparedness drill on the
ground and in the air on the assumption that the North launches a long-range artillery attack.
The JCS checked the Army's missile command and frontline corps and Air Force units, a spokesman
said. The drill began at 4 a.m. without prior notice on the assumption that the JCS receives an
emergency report of long-range artillery shooting at the northwestern-most islands and the Seoul
metropolitan area.
The JCS's intelligence and operations units practiced determining the coordinates of the long-range
artillery batteries using AN/TPQ-37 firefinder radar and immediately passing them on to relevant units.
The missile command practiced launching Hyunmu missiles with a range of 300 km and frontline units
practiced firing K-9 self-propelled guns to respond within five to six minutes time after a North
Korean artillery attack.
F-15K fighters armed with SLAM-ER standoff land attack missiles with a range of 278 km were
immediately scrambled and practiced striking North Korean command posts in the rear.
Monday's impromptu drill was carried out following an order by Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin to JCS
Chairman Jung Seung-jo after the North threatened to attack major South Korean media and some
North Korean fighter jets flew threateningly close to the border.
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