[정치]’Swimming in the winter sea for 6 hours’ question…軍 “Wear cotton and waterproof”

[앵커]

When doubts were raised over the military announcement that a North Korean civilian man swam in the winter sea for six hours to South Korea.

The Department of Defense explained that it was possible because they wore wetsuits that did not allow water to soak into their cotton clothes.

However, the criticism of the military’s failure to alert continues.

Reporter Seungyoon Lee on the report.

[기자]

The question was raised when it was revealed that a North Korean civilian man swam in the winter sea for six hours to South Korea.

[신원식 / 국민의힘 의원 : 군에서는 8℃라는데 저희들이 확인해본 결과 당일 날 추웠어요. 수온이 4~5℃쯤 됐다고 하는데…? 과연 헤엄을 쳐서 민간인이 넘어올 수 있는 건지?”]

As footprints were found on the coast 3km away from the Military Demarcation Line, they swam at least 3km, but the military authorities initially decided that swimming by swimming was impossible.

The military then explained that it was possible for men to wear clothes that were completely waterproof to prevent water from seeping onto the thick cotton clothes and move quickly with flippers.

[서욱 / 국방부 장관 : 잠수복인데 약간 방수복처럼 되어 있는 일체형으로 돼 있는 옷에…. 솜 동복처럼 점퍼 같은 걸 완전히 다 입고…. 끈으로 다 졸라매고 물이 스며들지 않도록 하는….]

According to US Navy data, you can survive for 3 hours if you wear a’wet suit’ wetsuit that absorbs water at a sea temperature of 7℃, and 5 hours with a wetsuit that does not soak.

It is known that the North Korean man who landed in this way was detected at least three to four times by military CCTV from around 1:20 am on the 16th.

It was also detected by the naval unit’s CCTV, but it was confirmed that it was not for surveillance on North Korea, but for crime prevention.

This is why criticism is also coming out for responding to total insolvency.

However, it is also pointed out that the 22nd Army Division’s northeast front line area of ​​responsibility, which continues to fail in vigilance, is 100 km from both the land and the coast, so fundamental measures are needed.

As the military increases the scientific alert system in many places in the forefront, there is a growing voice that the poor alert posture must be corrected as alert failures accumulate.

YTN Seungyoon Lee[[email protected]]is.

[저작권자(c) YTN & YTN plus 무단전재 및 재배포 금지]

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