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Mon, October 2, 2023 | 04:07
800km-range missiles to be deployed by 2017
軍, 800㎞ 탄도미사일 2017년까지 개발 끝낸다
Posted : 2015-10-01 17:06
Updated : 2015-10-01 22:20
Jun Ji-hye
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By Jun Ji-hye


The military intends to complete the development of ballistic missiles with a range of 800 kilometers and deploy them by 2017, officials said Thursday.

This is in response to North Korea's nuclear and missile capacities, officials said, noting that the 800 kilometer-range missiles will put the whole of the North within striking distance.

"The missile development plan was included in the Agency for Defense Development's (ADD) five-year roadmap initiated by the Park Geun-hye government," a government official told reporters, asking not to be named.

When Park was sworn in early 2013, the military only possessed ballistic missiles that have a range of 300 kilometers. This was the first time that the time frame for the extension of ballistic missiles' range was disclosed.

The South Korean military has developed a ballistic missile with a range of 500 kilometers (Hyunmoo-2B). This was test-fired in Taean, South Chungcheong Province, in June. It is expected to be deployed to units of the Army's missile command before the end of the year, according to officials.

The South has pursued extending the range of its ballistic missiles since October 2012 after Seoul and Washington revised the guidelines on such weapons in the South, which allowed Seoul to extend the maximum range of them to 800 kilometers from the previous limit of 300 kilometers.

During a parliamentary audit on Sept. 11, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) also hinted at putting the final touches on the development of the 800 kilometer range ballistic missile.

When Rep. Kim Kwang-jin of the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy asked whether there was space for the military to test-fire such missiles, a JCS official answered: "We are considering test-firing it over open waters south of Ieodo."

Ieodo is South Korean territory; a submerged rock south of Jeju Island

The JCS later explained the official's comment did not mean that the military had an immediate plan to test-fire a weapon, but just intended to say that there was space.

If the South completes deployment of ballistic missiles that have ranges of 500 and 800 kilometers by 2017, and introduces two Global Hawks, Northrop Grumman's very-high-altitude unmanned aerial vehicle, in 2018 and 2019, respectively, it will be able to operate the nation's own Kill Chain preemptive strike.

The South is also developing the Korean Air and Missile Defense (KAMD) system to counter missile threats from the North.

Pyongyang has been modernizing its ballistic missiles and delivery systems.

The North allegedly launched a ballistic missile from a submarine in May, even though the prototype is still years away from completed development, according to experts. The repressive state also claimed that it had already developed nuclear warheads small enough to fit on its missiles.

According to the 2014 Defense White Paper, the reclusive state operationally deployed four kinds of ballistic missiles ― the Scud-B, which has a range of up to 300 kilometers; Scud-C, 500 kilometers; Nodong, 1,300 kilometers; and Musudan, 3,000 kilometers.

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軍, 800㎞ 탄도미사일 2017년까지 개발 끝낸다

박근혜 정부 국정1기 국방분야 주요 성과로 제시

정부와 군 당국은 사거리 800㎞의 탄도미사일을 오는 2017년까지 개발해 실전 배치할 계획인 것으로 밝혀졌다.

탄도미사일 사거리 연장 완료 시기가 공개된 것은 이번이 처음이며 이는 고도화되는 북한의 핵과 탄도미사일 능력에 대응한 우리 군의 탄도미사일 체제를 현 정부 임기 내에 갖추겠다는 의지를 드러낸 것이다.

정부의 한 관계자는 1일 '국방과학연구소(ADD)가 5개년 발전계획에 탄도미사일의 사거리 연장 시기를 2017년으로 제시했다'면서 '우리 군의 탄도미사일 사거리 연장 시기가 공개된 것은 이번이 처음'이라고 밝혔다.

다른 관계자는 '탄도미사일 사거리 연장은 현재 500㎞ 이상까지 개발된 것을 800㎞까지로 늘리는 것을 의미한다'면서 '2017년까지 800㎞ 탄도미사일을 개발 완료해서 실전 배치하는 것을 목표로 하고 있다'고 말했다.

ADD는 박근혜 대통령이 취임한 2013년 300㎞에 불과했던 우리 군의 탄도미사일 사거리를 2017년까지 800㎞로 연장하겠다는 내용을 현 정부 출범 이후 수립한 5개년 발전계획에 반영한 것으로 알려졌다.

정부는 이런 내용이 반영된 ADD 5개년 발전계획 수립 및 추진을 박근혜 정부의 국정 1기 국방분야 주요 성과로 꼽았다.

복수의 군 및 ADD 관계자도 '현재 사거리 800㎞ 탄도미사일을 개발 중'이라면서 '정확한 사거리를 공개할 수 없지만 2017년까지 우리나라 어느 곳에서도 북한 전역을 타격할 수 있는 탄도미사일을 개발 완료해 배치하는 것이 목표'라고 설명했다.

사거리 800km인 탄도미사일은 제주도에서 발사하면 신의주에 도달할 수 있고, 북한의 가장 먼 동쪽 두만강까지는 포항 남쪽에서 쏴도 타격권에 들어간다.

우리나라는 2012년 10월 한미 미사일지침 개정에 따라 최대 800㎞까지 탄도미사일 사거리를 연장할 수 있게 되자 연구개발에 착수해 500㎞ 이상의 탄도미사일(현무-2B)을 개발, 지난 6월 초 시험 발사에 성공한 바 있다.

사거리 500㎞에 이어 800㎞ 탄도미사일이 2017년까지 배치되고 2018년과 2019년 각각 2대의 고(高)고도무인정찰기인 글로벌호크가 도입되면 북한의 핵과 미사일 위협에 대응하는 '킬 체인'이 본격적으로 가동된다.

한편 사거리 800㎞의 탄도미사일 개발과 관련해 지난달 11일 국회 국방위원회의 합참에 대한 국정감사 답변 과정에서 발사 장소가 언급되면서 개발이 거의 끝난 것 아니냐는 관측이 제기되기도 했다.

당시 합참의 한 장성이 '한국방공식별구역(KADIZ) 남방으로 해서 이어도 남방 공해상으로 (발사)하는 것으로 검토하고 있다'고 답변했으나 최윤희 합참의장이 '시험발사 계획이 있는 것으로 오해될 발언을 했다'고 정정한 바 있다. (연합뉴스)
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