US agrees to longer-range missiles for South Korea

The US and South Korea reached an agreement that will more than double the range of South Korea's ballistic missiles. The move is expected to startle up the North Korean government.

By Sung-won Shim,?Reuters / October 7, 2012

Chun Young-woo, top secretary to South Korean President Lee Myung-bak for foreign and security affairs, speaks to reporters at the presidential Blue House compound in Seoul October, 7. South Korea has reached a landmark agreement with the United States to extend the range of Seoul's ballistic missiles by more than twice the current limit to counter the threat from North Korea.

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South?Korea?has reached a landmark agreement with the?United States?to extend the range of?Seoul's ballistic missiles by more than twice the current limit to counter the threat from?North?Korea, the government said on Sunday.

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The move to significantly boost the?South's missile capabilities along with development of advanced aerial reconnaissance vehicles is likely to rattle the communist North, which has remained at odds since the 1950-53 Korean War left the peninsula divided.

It may also stoke concern in?China,?Japan?and?Russia, parts of which would be within range of the new missiles.

Under the agreement,?South?Korea?can develop missiles up to a range of 800 kms (497 mile) from the current ceiling of 300 kms (186 mile),?Chun Young-woo, top secretary to President Lee Myung-bak for foreign and security affairs, told reporters.

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