S.Korea mulls test-firing of 800 km ballistic missile
Xinhua, September 11, 2015 Adjust font size:
South Korea's military is considering to test-fire a ballistic missile with a range of 800 km that the military has been developing, Yonhap News Agency reported Friday citing the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS).
A senior official at the JCS said during the parliamentary audit of government offices that the military was mulling the test- firing of the 800-km ballistic missile southward into international waters south of the Suyan Rock, dubbed Ieodo in South Korea.
The Suyan Rock is an isolated underwater reef within the overlapping area of exclusive economic zones between China and South Korea.
It marked the first time that the South Korean military disclosed plan to test-fire a medium-range ballistic missile, indicating the military came almost closer to the completion of the missile development.
The military successfully test-fired a ballistic missile with a range of 500 km, named Hyunmoo-2B, on June 3.
The development of the ballistic missile came after South Korea and the United States revised missile guidelines to expand the range of the South Korean military's ballistic missiles in October 2012. Endi