Seoul unveils new plan to counter North Korean threats over next 5 years

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Seoul unveils new plan to counter North Korean threats over next 5 years

Defense strategy calls for host of new aircraft, destroyers and recon capabilities, as well as anti-drone systems

Jeongmin Kim December 28, 2022

Seoul unveils new plan to counter North Korean threats over next 5 years

ROK Army officer training with what the South Korean military calls a "drone-bot combat system" in Jan. 2019 | Image: ROK Army

The Yoon Suk-yeol administration announced its updated five-year defense plans on Wednesday, calling for the military to acquire new capabilities ranging from electromagnetic pulse weapons to artificial intelligence systems in order to counter emerging North Korean threats.

Seoul released the annual Intermediate-term National Defense Plan two days after the ROK military was unable to take down North Korean drones that flew several miles into South Korean airspace, and a week after the National Assembly passed a record $44.7 billion defense budget for the new year.

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Jeongmin Kim

Jeongmin Kim is the Lead Correspondent at NK News and Editorial Director at KOREA PRO, based in Seoul. Kim covers inter-Korean relations and North and South Korean foreign and military affairs. Kim has covered the 2022 ROK presidential election on the ground, and prior to joining NK News, she worked for the CSIS Korea Chair in Washington D.C. and Reuters news agency’s Seoul bureau.

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