The South Korean military has decided to deploy Chunmoo, a new Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) model to Baengnyeong Island and Yeonpyeong Island, just a few kilometers away from the North Korean mainland.

“Numerous military officials said that the Chunmoo system will first be deployed to Baengnyeong Island in 2016 and Yeonpyeong Island in 2017 to strengthen the northwest islands’ defenses,” said an article in News1 on Friday.

Chunmoo, the latest South Korean MLRS, can hit targets up to 80 km away and destroy an area three times the size of a soccer field.

With the capacity to fire at