Tae Young-ho: "North Korea fired missiles worth 100 billion won... Urgent need to establish Strategic Command"

Tae Young-ho, member of the People Power Party./Photo by Dongju Yoon doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] Tae Young-ho, the ruling party's secretary of the National Assembly's Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee, raised his voice regarding North Korea's missile provocations for two consecutive days, stating, "It is urgent to establish a strategic command to counter North Korea's Strategic Rocket Command."

On the 3rd, Tae said, "The number of missiles North Korea launched yesterday and today exceeds the daily missile launch volume used by Russia in the Ukraine war. It means about 100 billion won worth of missiles were fired in just one day."

He explained, "The entire territory of North Korea is a missile base with various types, raising doubts about whether precise strikes by South Korea and the U.S. are truly possible. North Korea's intention is to make South Korea and the U.S. acknowledge that the current extended deterrence is insufficient to respond."

Tae stated, "With the current Korean-style three-axis system, we cannot intimidate Kim Jong-un, the General Secretary of the Workers' Party. It is urgent to establish a strategic command to counter North Korea's Strategic Rocket Command. We must sequentially implement responses that demonstrate psychological and military deterrence capabilities against North Korea, such as resuming loudspeaker broadcasts."

Furthermore, he emphasized the need to discuss tactical nuclear redeployment with the U.S. He said, "The best response to nuclear weapons is with nuclear weapons. We must secure commitments to enhance extended deterrence, such as the permanent deployment of U.S. nuclear forces around the Korean Peninsula, and go further by putting plans B like tactical nuclear redeployment, NATO-style nuclear sharing, and South Korea's independent nuclear development on the table for discussion with the U.S."

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