The Taurus missile was fired from an F-15
fighter jet and travelled through obstacles at low altitudes before hitting its
target
Photo: AP
PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 13 September, 2017,
1:36pm
UPDATED : Wednesday, 13 September, 2017,
2:36pm
South Korea said Wednesday it conducted its first
live-fire drill for an advanced air-launched cruise missile it said would
strengthen its pre-emptive strike capability against North Korea in the event
of crisis.
South Korea’s military said the Taurus missile fired from
an F-15 fighter jet travelled through obstacles at low altitudes before hitting
a target off the country’s western coast.
The missile, manufactured by Germany’s Taurus Systems,
has a maximum range of 500 kilometres and is equipped with stealth
characteristics that will allow it to avoid radar detection before hitting
North Korean targets, according to Seoul’s Defence Ministry.
Photo: AP
South Korea has been accelerating efforts to ramp up its
military capabilities in face of a torrent of nuclear weapons tests by North
Korea, which on September 3 conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test
to date.
Photo: AP
Soon after the nuke test, Seoul announced it reached an
agreement with Washington to remove
the warhead weight limits on South Korean ballistic missiles, which
under a bilateral guideline could be built for a maximum range of 800
kilometres.
Photo: AP
A pre-emptive strike against Pyongyang’s leadership would
be difficult to undertake, but it’s widely seen as the most realistic of the
limited military options Seoul has to deny a nuclear attack from its rival.
Photo: AP
The North said its latest nuclear test was a detonation
of a thermonuclear weapon built for its developmental intercontinental
ballistic missiles that were flight tested twice in July. The country is also
developing solid-fuel missiles that could be fired from land mobile launchers
or submarines. It flew a powerful
new midrange missile over northern Japan last month while declaring
more missile tests targeting the Pacific Ocean.
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