South Korea puts on show new missiles designed to hit North
South Korea showed off on Tuesday new missiles designed to
target North Korea's artillery and long-range missiles and vowed to boost
deterrence against its unpredictable neighbor. The ballistic Hyeonmu-2, with a
range of 300 km (190 miles), and the Hyeonmu-3, a cruise missile with a range
of more than 1,000 km (620 miles) were put on public display for the first time
in a rare South Korean military parade. They were unveiled in February after
the North conducted its third nuclear test in defiance of international
warnings. Visiting U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel watched the parade from a
podium at a military airfield south of the capital, Seoul. The launch and the
February nuclear test led to tougher U.N. sanctions aimed at stopping the
North's arms development and trade. The sanctions angered the North and it
responded with threats of a nuclear strike on South Korea and the United
States. North Korea, which is much poorer than the South, has invested heavily
in weapons of mass destruction.
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