From New Pacific Institute
"We’ve covered this in the past, but it’s worth noting this announcement, as South Korea is normally considerably more discrete in their missile development and deployment information releases:
South Korea has deployed a new long-range cruise missile that puts nuclear and missile sites in the entire North Korean territory within striking distance, defense ministry officials said Thursday, amid growing security jitters sparked by the North’s botched rocket launch.
The new, home-grown cruise missile has a range of “more than 1,000 kilometers and can immediately strike anywhere in North Korea,” said Maj. Gen. Shin Won-sik, the senior official in charge of policy planning at the ministry."
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