SOUTH Korea is desperate to speed up its defensive weapons programme in the wake of Kim Jong-un's latest missile launch.<\/p>\n
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Nuke-mad Kim urned up the heat on brewing World War 3 tensions as he launched an IRBM missile over the weekend. <\/p>\n
Now South Korean President Moon Jae-in has ordered his military to get marching on national security preparations. <\/p>\n
Newly inaugurated Moon brought forward deadlines on the Korean Air and Missile Defence (KAMD) in response to the test-fire. <\/p>\n
North Korean missiles are a threat to the region and very destabilizing <\/p>\n
Moon called an emergency Security meeting after North Korea launched its Hwasong-12 on May 14 and then told his army to get a move on. <\/p>\n
President Moon called the intermediate-range missile launch a grave challenge, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported. <\/p>\n
But the US is clearly confident that South Korea is up to the task, as a Pentagon spokesman confirmed that its missile defence system THAAD can zap nukes from the North. <\/p>\n
Kim Jong-un used the annual \"Day of the Sun\" parade in Pyongyang to make a chilling display of the country's burgeoning nuclear power and military might <\/p>\n
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Military vehicles carrying missiles believed to be North Korean KN-08 Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles <\/p>\n
Capt Jeff Davis said: This system [THAAD] has the ability to defeat North Korean missiles. <\/p>\n
North Korean missiles are a threat to the region and very destabilizing,\" <\/p>\n
Mr Davis confirmed that the recently-installed THAAD defence system has an initial ability but not the full operational seamless capability that we want. <\/p>\n
Joint US and South Korean forces have flexed their muscles in an aggressive display of military power, sure to heighten tensions on the Korean border to unbearable levels <\/p>\n
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South Korean K1A2 tanks fire live rounds <\/p>\n
In April, South Korea announced it would spent $3 billion on defence gadgets, including spy satellites rented from other countries. <\/p>\n
South Korea is developing a three-tier programme to tackle the missile threat from its northern neighbour: Korea Massive Punishment and Retaliation Plan (KMPR), the Kill Chain pre-emptive strikes, and KAMD. <\/p>\n
Weapons experts told Yonhap news that North Korea is still years away from developing an ICBM. <\/p>\n
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