South Korea's military has deployed a new homegrown bunker-buster missile capable of hitting underground targets, as part of Seoul's efforts to deter military threats from North Korea, Yonhap reported on Tuesday, citing the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS).
The Korean Tactical Surface-to-Surface Missile (KTSSM) is capable of carrying out "simultaneous precision strikes in a short span of time against North Korea's long-range artillery firepower that threatens the greater Seoul area, in the event of a contingency," the news agency said, citing a JCS press release. The tactical ballistic missile allows the military to strike North Korean long-range artillery stationed in caves and tunnels and has a range of 180 kilometers.
"Our military will closely monitor North Korea's various military activities under the robust South Korea-U.S. combined defense posture and maintain the overwhelming capacity and posture to counter any North Korean threat in an overwhelming manner," the JCS stressed.
