[北 ICBM 도발]
Emergency order to attend NSC standing committee
Shin Won-sik mentions ‘considering an operation to behead Kim Jong-un’
Regarding North Korea’s launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on the 18th, President Yoon Seok-yeol said, “We must maintain a firm joint defense posture between South Korea and the United States, and actively pursue a joint response between South Korea, the United States, and Japan by utilizing the real-time sharing system of North Korean missile warning information.” Minister of National Defense Shin Won-sik said in a media interview that day, “The three countries, Korea, the United States, and Japan, will announce real-time sharing of ballistic missile warning information within 24 hours,” foreshadowing that the real-time sharing system among the three countries will be operational starting on the 19th.
At an emergency National Security Council (NSC) standing committee meeting held at the Yongsan Presidential Office presided over by Cho Tae-yong, Director of the National Security Office, President Yoon gave this order, saying, “Respond immediately and overwhelmingly to any provocation by North Korea against our territory and people.” He then said, “Actively work in solidarity with the international community to condemn and block North Korea’s illegal nuclear and missile activities,” and added, “Push forward with the tasks of the ROK-U.S. Nuclear Consultative Group (NCG) with speed, and further strengthen ROK-U.S. nuclear deterrence capabilities against North Korea.” I ordered. On the afternoon of this day, Director Cho had a series of phone calls with U.S. White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Japanese National Security Director Takeo Akiba to confirm that North Korea’s ICBM launch was a clear violation of the UN Security Council resolution and to discuss a joint response plan between the three countries. discussed. On this day, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said of North Korea’s ICBM launch, “South Korea, the United States, and Japan were prepared to jointly detect and track it, and warning information about North Korea’s launched ballistic missile was closely shared between the three parties.”
Attention is being paid to how the real-time ballistic missile warning information sharing system being built by Korea, the United States, and Japan will operate. Previously, surveillance and reconnaissance information was shared separately between Korea, the United States, and Japan, but now the three countries are planning to operate a system where the three countries share it in real time.
In particular, in an interview with MBN on this day, Minister Shin was asked, “Can we conduct decapitation operation training or additional deployment of (US) strategic assets, which Kim Jong-un fears the most?” He responded, “It is difficult to speak publicly about decapitation (operational training),” but added, “We are considering all of them as options,” he said. If North Korea continues its serious provocations, South Korea and the United States may even conduct training to eliminate enemy leaders.
Source: Donga
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