The South Korean army has developed a new indigenous counter-battery radar system designed to prevent long-range artillery strikes against the Seoul metropolitan area, the South’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) announced on Monday.

Seoul’s arms procurement agency said the military has developed the so-called “counter-artillery detection radar-II” amid fears about North Korea’s ability to hit South Korea’s capital with heavy artillery.

“The counter-artillery detection radar-II is the core equipment of our forces’ counter-fire operations, which can incapacitate North Korea’s long-range artillery threatening the capital area,” DAPA said in a written statement.

North Korea’s long-range artillery includes 170 mm self-propelled (SP) guns