On October 17, 2019 Anonymous provided the following useful and timely comment with links.
The Japanese government will interpret “neighboring countries” to mean NK and Japan and that SK Navy considers Japan as a virtual enemy [2]. This is because the SK Navy would never attack heavily nuclear armed China and Russia.
[1] South Korean Navy "Efforts to secure nuclear submarine ... convenient for North SLBM", Radio Free Asia, October 10, 2019 (in Korean - right-click mouse to translate)
https://www.rfa.org/korean/in_focus/nk_nuclear_talks/ne-hw-10102019083107.html
[2] “Development of an SSN starting in SK before Japan [builds an SSN]” by Jun Kitamura, October 17, 2019, [Japan's] JBpress, (in Japanese) https://jbpress.ismedia.jp/articles/-/57942?page=4 which displays the SK SLBM range map (below) to hit Japanese territory:
The South Korean (SK) Navy officially admitted it is making
efforts to secure a nuclear submarine [1].
On October 10, 2019 the Chief of Staff of SK Navy officially announced that an SK nuclear propelled submarine is the most convenient way to follow and destroy North Korea (NK) submarines that are capable of firing nuclear tipped submarine launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs).
On October 10, 2019 the Chief of Staff of SK Navy officially announced that an SK nuclear propelled submarine is the most convenient way to follow and destroy North Korea (NK) submarines that are capable of firing nuclear tipped submarine launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs).
The Chief of Staff of SK Navy also stated that an SK nuclear propelled submarine could be a "useful deterrent" against neighbouring countries. [Pete Comment: By "deterrent" the Chief of Staff of SK Navy is presumably meaning SK missiles with nuclear warheads as a handful of missiles with conventional warheads would be no deterrent (particularly to nuclear armed NK)].
The Chief of Staff of SK Navy explained that an SK nuclear propelled submarine is not
restricted by the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) or Safeguards Agreements of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
The Japanese government will interpret “neighboring countries” to mean NK and Japan and that SK Navy considers Japan as a virtual enemy [2]. This is because the SK Navy would never attack heavily nuclear armed China and Russia.
[1] South Korean Navy "Efforts to secure nuclear submarine ... convenient for North SLBM", Radio Free Asia, October 10, 2019 (in Korean - right-click mouse to translate)
https://www.rfa.org/korean/in_focus/nk_nuclear_talks/ne-hw-10102019083107.html
[2] “Development of an SSN starting in SK before Japan [builds an SSN]” by Jun Kitamura, October 17, 2019, [Japan's] JBpress, (in Japanese) https://jbpress.ismedia.jp/articles/-/57942?page=4 which displays the SK SLBM range map (below) to hit Japanese territory:
SK Navy submarine attack posture simulation [against Japan] (Map courtesy [Japan's]
- "SSK" [or SSB?][conventional sub]: SK Navy KSS-III batch-2
[or Batch II already designed] launch point to fire SLBMs [at Japan]
[or Batch II already designed] launch point to fire SLBMs [at Japan]
- "SSN" [or SSBN?]: SK Navy launch points to fire SLBMs [at Japan]
"Red fan is SLBM range"
Pete Comment - The South Korean SLBMs may become a longer range variant of the land based Hyunmoo-2B (range with 500kg warhead 800 km in 2012?) or of the future Hyanmoo-4 (likely to have a range, with 500kg warhead, well over 1,000km).
Anonymous (some Pete comments)
2 comments:
Japan has already noticed South Korea (SK)’ s suspicious intention[1, 2]. According to representative SK paper, SK studied “the Stinger Strategy“ to hit Tokyo in 1990th [3].
[1] “Basic design of the next 3,000-ton class submarine has completed in South Korea. Scheduled to be built from the late 2019”, Masahisa Sato (Secretary General of Diet members caucus of Liberal Democratic Party, Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs)
https://twitter.com/SatoMasahisa/status/1077794023803301888
“According to a Korean announcement, the submarine is built to respond to threats from all directions and can equip with six ballistic missiles with a range of 500km. Where is the main enemy of this submarine? What's SK intent?”
[2] “South Korea’s epoch-making defense budget of 50 T won, “North East Asia budget” to check neighboring countries”, JoongAng Ilbo (SK and JNP versions), Aug/29/2019
https://news.joins.com/article/23565170
“South Korea's defense budget is expected to exceed 50 trillion won (424B USD, 621B AUD) for the first time. The government explained that it will increase defense spending to prepare for the conversion of wartime operational rights, but it was confirmed that there was also a name for the construction of military power to check neighboring countries such as Japan and China.”
[3] “A new version of the independent defense of Moon Jae-in administration---Only Pyongyang? Check Beijing and Tokyo”, JoongAng Ilbo (SK and JNP versions), Sept/22/2019
https://news.joins.com/article/23583206
Another concept of independent defense against neighboring countries is the Stinger Strategy. A government source asking for anonymity said, “At the National Research Institute of the 1990s, we studied how to fight in a dispute with neighboring countries under the name of Key Research. It's possible to hit the core of it. In other words, the strategy is to neutralize the command or major facilities in Beijing or Tokyo.” (Only SK version)
Hi Anonymous
Thanks. I have turned your comment and links into an article “South Korean Defense and Attack Strategies Against Japan” of October 18, 2019 at https://gentleseas.blogspot.com/2019/10/south-korean-defense-and-attack.html
Regards
Pete
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