South Korea and the U.S. are considering altering missile guidelines that limit South Korea’s development of new weaponry, a Pentagon spokesperson said on Monday.

The current guidelines cap the range and payloads of South Korea’s missile systems, in line with several agreements between Washington and Seoul.

The most revision to the protocols was in 2012, which limited the South Korean missiles to 500kg payloads and ranges of 800km.

“There is currently a limit on the warhead size and missiles that South Korea can have and yes, it is a topic under active consideration here,” Pentagon spokesman Captain Jeff Davis said, in