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Wed, September 27, 2023 | 04:38
N. Korean troops may raid S. Korean islands in West Sea
‘북한군, 서해 5도 상륙침공 준비’
Posted : 2011-09-20 18:12
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The North Korean military has been making preparations to raid South Korean islands near the western sea border, a retired Navy general said Tuesday.

Kim Sung-man, former commander of the operations of the ROK Navy, urged the Navy to hastily review its defense capability to counter the North’s possible raids on five islands in the West Sea, including Yeonpyeong and Baengnyeong.

In a contribution to konasnet, Kim said the North conducted large-scale exercises to raid the West Sea islands in waters near Nampo in the North in late August during its leader Kim Jong-il’s visit to Russia.

In the joint exercises involving the Army, Navy and Air Force, North Korean troops raided an island north of a rock near Nampo, he said.

During the exercises, special North Korean forces, including troops from the marine snipers corps, boarded AN-2s and landed on the island, the retired general said.

He said he was told that the military got intelligence that North Korea had planned to raid the West Sea islands last year.

A scenario is that the North launches an attack on South Korean patrol boats in the West Sea, while its jet fighters attack the five South Korean islands along with artillery shelling. After that, Special Forces, aboard AN-2s and LCPA hovercraft, raid the islands, according to Kim.

To that end, the North has built a large base for hovercraft in Goampo, Kim said, adding that troops have been relocated to the Goampo base, 300km south of the previous base in Cheolsan, North Pyeongan Province.

He claimed that the North torpedoed the South Korean Navy ship Cheonan last year as part of its nighttime “actual” operations, and shelled Yeonpyeong Island during daytime to test the accuracy and power of its shore guns.




‘북한군, 서해 5도 상륙침공 준비’
김성만 전 해군작전사령관이 서해 5도와 서해안의 대(對)상륙 방어력을 긴급히 점검해야 한다고 촉구했다. 김 제독은 20일 코나스넷에 기고한 글에서 “북한군이 8월 말 김정일의 러시아 방문기간에 서해 남포 인근에서 대규모 도서점령훈련을 실시했다”라며 “훈련 내용은 육-해-공군 합동으로 남포시 서해갑문 북쪽에 있는 무인도를 점령하는 상륙훈련이었다”고 밝혔다. 김 제독은 “북한은 특히 해상저격여단을 비롯한 특수부대원들이 저고도 침투용 AN-2기 등을 타고 무인도에 상륙하는 훈련을 실시했다”며 “군 관계자 역시 지난해부터 북한이 서해5도를 점령하려 한다는 첩보가 있다고 말했다고 지적했다. 그는 “북한의 훈련은 먼저 서해5도 경비함정을 공격하고 공군기와 4군단 포병이 서해5도를 공격한 다음 특수부대가 공기부양정(LCPA)과 AN-2기를 타고 서해5도를 점령하는 시나리오로 진행되고 있다”며 “북한은 이를 위해 고암포에 대규모 공기부양정 기지를 지어 평안북도 철산의 기지를 300km남쪽으로 이동시켰다”고 강조했다. 김 제독은 “천안함 폭침은 서해5도 경비함정을 야간에 공격하는 실전훈련이고, 연평도 포격은 주간에 하여 해안포와 방사포의 정확도와 파괴위력을 확인한 것”이라고 분석했다.
 
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