Yoon "Participation in US MD Necessary" vs Shim "No Previous Government Participated"

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Ju-yeon] On the 25th, Yoon Seok-yeol, the presidential candidate of the People Power Party, said regarding participation in the U.S. missile defense system (MD), "I think it might be necessary."

On the same day, during the '2nd TV Debate for the 20th Presidential Election Candidates' hosted by the National Election Commission, Yoon responded to a question from Sim Sang-jung, the Justice Party presidential candidate, about participation in the U.S. MD, saying, "If hypersonic missiles are developed, I think a Korea-U.S. MD will be necessary to respond."

Candidate Sim pointed out, "It seems like a very groundbreaking change," adding, "No previous government has participated."

She emphasized, "This is a statement that fundamentally shakes strategic balance, and we must learn from the Ukraine situation as a cautionary example."

In response, Yoon said, "I think there is a lot of misunderstanding," and answered, "For national security, a layered missile defense is necessary, and it is an obvious fact that Korea and the U.S. must always share reconnaissance assets for defense."

Candidate Sim said, "When the Putin government deployed intermediate-range missiles in Europe, all of Northern Europe became tense," and added, "Maintaining strategic balance serves as a kind of deterrent that suppresses war, but simply deploying many strategic assets and talking about preemptive strikes does not bring peace."

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