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KBS coverage confirmed that at the ROK-U.S. Defense Ministerial Security Council meeting held today (13th), an agreement was reached for our military to freely use information from the U.S. early warning satellite.
Using this information, it is possible to immediately detect even if North Korea fires a missile at a low altitude or makes an abnormal maneuver, further strengthening the ability to respond to North Korean threats.
Reporter Kim Yong-jun reports.
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When North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile last March, our military analyzed that the missile landed in the East Sea.
However, North Korea differed from the military’s analysis by revealing that it had successfully tested an air explosion over the sea.
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In fact, due to the nature of radar and the curvature of the Earth, there is a shadow area that cannot be reached by radar immediately after launch or just before drop.
To make up for this, KBS coverage confirmed that our military will reach an agreement with the United States to establish an early warning satellite information sharing system.
A senior military official said that the Ministry of National Defense plans to reach such an agreement at the 55th ROK-US Security Consultative Meeting (SCM) held in Seoul today (13th).
The U.S. Space Force is currently operating about 10 early warning satellites, including the Defense Support Program (DSP), a thermal infrared satellite, and the Space Deployed Infrared System (SBIRS).
These satellites enable immediate detection by detecting the high-temperature exhaust flames that erupt when North Korea launches a missile, regardless of the curvature of the Earth, terrain, or obstacles in geostationary orbit at an altitude of approximately 36,000 km.
Senior military officials expected that the ability to respond to North Korean missiles would be dramatically improved through information utilization rather than simple sharing.
Meanwhile, Korea, the United States, and Japan held a defense ministerial meeting yesterday (12th) and agreed to normalize the real-time missile warning information sharing system within next month and to expand trilateral training starting next year.
This is Yongjun Kim from KBS News.
Screen provided by: U.S. Department of Defense/Video editing: Kim Hyeong-gi/Graphics: Chae Sang-woo
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2023-11-12 21:10:00
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