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South Korean and U.S. troops have been conducting live-fire exercises this week to hone their ability to respond to potential “Hamas-style surprise artillery attacks” by North Korea, South Korea’s military said Friday.

The two forces regularly conduct live-fire and other training, but this week’s drills come after Hamas’ Oct. 7 assault on Israel raised security jitters in South Korea, which shares the world’s most heavily fortified border with rival North Korea.

Experts say the North’s forward-deployed long-range artillery guns can fire about 16,000 rounds per hour in the event of a conflict, posing a serious threat to Seoul, which is about 40-50 kilometers (25-30 miles) from the border.

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[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 4 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean and U.S. troops have been conducting live-fire exercises this week to hone their ability to respond to potential “Hamas-style surprise artillery attacks” by North Korea, South Korea’s military said Friday.

The two forces regularly conduct live-fire and other training, but this week’s drills come after Hamas’ Oct. 7 assault on Israel raised security jitters in South Korea, which shares the world’s most heavily fortified border with rival North Korea.

Experts say the North’s forward-deployed long-range artillery guns can fire about 16,000 rounds per hour in the event of a conflict, posing a serious threat to Seoul, which is about 40-50 kilometers (25-30 miles) from the border.

The three-day firing exercises, which began Wednesday, involved 5,400 South Korean and U.S. soldiers, 300 artillery systems, 1,000 vehicles and air force assets, according to South Korea’s military.

In a simulated response to “the enemy’s (possible) Hamas-style surprise artillery attacks,” the exercises practiced strikes designed to “remove the origins of the enemy’s long-range artillery provocations at an early date,” South Korea’s Ground Operations Command said in a statement.

It typically views major U.S.-South Korean military training as invasion rehearsals and responds with missile tests.


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[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

I hope you both are getting equity in exchange for burning yourselves out and having to change careers in a decade.

[–] hark@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

US staging military drills = good

China staging military drills = bad

[–] PvtGetSum@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Aggressive territorial expansionism = bad

Defense against aggressive action = good

[–] hark@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Let's tally up the countries that China has invaded vs the countries that the US has invaded.

[–] PvtGetSum@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

Ever? In that case I think you're gonna be in for a treat lmfao

[–] febra@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Hamas style attacks".. from North Korea? This sounds so stupid.

[–] stevehobbes@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] febra@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago

Because first and foremost North Korea has an army and secondly I highly suspect they would go shoot up some random village. An army usually has more interesting military objectives.