In recent months, with the right-wing politician who advocates pro-US policies, Yoon Seo-yeol being elected as South Korea and North Korea, the conflict between South Korea and North Korea has begun to intensify, and the gunpowder smell on the Korean Peninsula has become increasingly strong. On October 28, the Korean Navy's annual large-scale military exercise code-named "Protection of the Country" just ended, and the North Korean People's Army responded. According to the Russian Satellite News Agency, on October 28, the South Korean Joint Staff Headquarters announced that the South Korean military air defense system found that the Korean People's Army had launched two ballistic missiles from Tongchuan County, Gangwon Province to the Sea of Japan. The missile flight speed was about Mach 5, with a maximum altitude of 24,000 meters and a flight distance of more than 230 kilometers. According to South Korean military experts, the missile launched by North Korea may be the KN-23 "Mars-11" ballistic missile nicknamed "North Korea Iskander".
Russian Satellite News Agency, Seoul, October 28, According to Yonhap News Agency , North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles in the direction of the Japanese Sea on the 28th.
In the past month, the situation on the Korean Peninsula is heating up in a spiral. Both armies have launched artillery bombardment on the military buffer zone on their side, dispatched a large number of fighter jets to conduct air confrontation, organized large-scale military exercises, and tested missiles. After five years, South Korea has restarted unilateral sanctions on North Korea and criticized North Korea for posing a "blatant tactical nuclear weapon threat" to South Korea. On October 24, South Korea and North Korea also accused each other of their ships crossing the maritime dividing line. The military and police of both sides also fired guns and warned each other, and a gunfight broke out. According to statistics from the " Global Times ", since Yoon Seo-yeol came to power, the North Korean People's Army has launched a total of 14 missiles of various types, far higher than the same level as the Moon Jae-in government. This fully demonstrates that since the establishment of Yoon Seo-young government, South Korea-North Korea relations have deteriorated rapidly.
On October 28, the South Korean army will end the annual large-scale exercise of "Protecting the Country" which will start on October 18.
According to the Russian Satellite News Agency, the Korean People's Army tested the "Mars-12" medium-range ballistic missile on September 25. The flight distance of this missile exceeded 4,500 kilometers, setting the record for the farthest missile launch of the Korean People's Army. This kind of missile has a range of enough to cover most of Japan's territory. Compared with the "Mars-12" missile, the "Mars-11" ballistic missile launched by North Korea this time is obviously based on South Korea as its imaginary enemy. The aerodynamic layout of the "Mars-11" missile is similar to the core data such as range and shooting. The "Iskander" missile used by Russia. Therefore, the outside world speculates that this type of missile may have received technical support from Russia. The maximum range of the "Mars-11" missile is about 400 kilometers, and the South Korean military's radar also detected that the "Mars-11" missile had flew 700 kilometers at a height of 50,000 meters. The straight line distance from the South Korea-North Korea military dividing line to Busan City is only about 400 kilometers. This means that the North Korean People's Army can launch the "Mars-11" missile in the hinterland of North Korea, which is enough to cover the entire territory of South Korea.
Yonhap News Agency quoted the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff report that North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile to the Sea of Japan on Friday flew about 230 kilometers, with a maximum altitude of 24 kilometers, and a maximum speed of about Mach 5.
Since The collapse of , the weapons and equipment level of the Korean People's Army has been lagging behind that of the South Korean army for a long time. However, in recent years, North Korea's missile technology has developed rapidly, greatly narrowing the equipment gap with South Korea. The main method of the Korean People's Army to deter South Korea was to use long-range artillery arranged near the military dividing line of South Korea and North Korea to threaten the South Korean capital Seoul. However, these artillery positions are too close to the front line, and if the conflict breaks out, it will be easily destroyed by the superior air force of the South Korean army. In recent years, with the successful development of a large number of medium and short-range tactical missiles and put into active service, the Korean People's Army has found a way to deter South Korea.
According to Kyodo News, Japan's Kyodo News 2 quoted government sources as reported by the country, a missile launched by North Korea on the 28th landed outside the exclusive economic zone of Japan and did not cause any losses.
A batch of new weapons represented by the "Mars"-1 ballistic missile have not only the ability to launch from the hinterland of North Korea and cover the entire territory of South Korea, but also the strong survivability to launch under maneuverability. At the same time, the ballistics of this type of missile are similar to the "water drifting trajectory" of the "Iskander" missile, and are very difficult to intercept. Faced with such weapons, it is difficult for the South Korean army to prevent them and eliminate them at designated locations. Therefore, the South Korean military regards North Korea's medium- and short-range tactical missiles as thorns in the eye and flesh, while North Korea increasingly regards it as a trump card, investing a lot of scientific research and capital to equip the new tactical missile .
This time, North Korea tested two missiles specifically equipped for South Korea, and its purpose was self-evident. For weeks, both South Korea and North Korea have been at odds, and a full-scale conflict seems to be on the verge of breaking out. Although South Korea's military equipment level has great advantages compared to North Korea, North Korea has also developed a strategic strategy that can cause heavy damage to South Korea. What's more, China will never tolerate the rekindling of war on the Korean Peninsula. In fact, there is no systematic or fundamental contradiction between South Korea and North Korea. The two countries are unified countries of the same language and the same kind. Even if they cannot achieve unity in the short term, maintaining peace and stability on the peninsula is completely feasible and fully in line with the common interests of South Korea and North Korea and surrounding areas. Unfortunately, this South Korean government has completely turned to the United States on military issues, exacerbating the instability on the peninsula and destroying the good South-North Korea-North Korea relations that the Moon Jae-in government has worked hard to build. This kind of behavior will only bring heavy disasters and burdens to South Korea.
