South Korea has unveiled a 2023-2027 defense plan that talks about the possibility of launching a "preemptive strike"

On December 28, 2022, the South Korean Ministry of National Defense (MND) announced a medium-term defense plan for 2023-2027. Over the next five years, the South Korean government will spend 331 trillion won (about 18,8 trillion rubles) on military needs. This amount indicates that the defense budget will increase by about 6,8% annually.

The so-called "defense improvement budget" is reported to be about 107,4 trillion won (about 6 trillion rubles), which will account for 36 percent of the total defense budget in 2027. Operating expenses will reach 224 trillion won (12,5 trillion rubles).

The South Korean government will prioritize spending a significant portion of its budget on acquiring the “Korean Defense Triad System,” one of which is weapons capable of delivering preemptive strikes in the event of any sign of North Korean preparations for strikes. For this, MND is ready to deploy 20 F-35A fighter jets and air-to-surface and surface-to-surface missiles. Thus, in the new defense plan, the Republic of Korea actually speaks of its readiness to hit its neighbor first.

According to Daehan Lee, an expert working on aerospace and defense projects in Seoul, in 2024 South Korea will establish a Strategic Command in response to nuclear threats and threats. weapons mass destruction by North Korea. In particular, Seoul will strengthen its strike capabilities through the acquisition of submarines, including those with underwater unmanned vehicles.

It is also planned to intensify patrols by Aegis destroyers.

Korea Massive Punishment and Retaliation (KMPR), the latest link in the Korean Triad system, will also be strengthened to increase strike capabilities through the acquisition of ISR satellites, high-yield ballistic missiles with conventional warheads.

Comments

[Lt. Air Force stock]

I am surprised that South Korea has not yet transferred 40 T-80Us and has not demanded money from the European Union or the United States.

[Shurik70]

A preemptive strike against a country with nuclear weapons and ICBM missiles.
According to rough estimates, the DPRK has about 20 warheads with a yield of up to 30 kt.
But North Korea has nuclear reactors that produce fuel for a thermonuclear bomb. And every warhead can be turned into a thermonuclear bomb. They tested the concept by increasing the charge power to 100 kt. And how much deuterium, tritium and helium-3 the DPRK has cannot even be said approximately.
In addition, the South Koreans themselves stubbornly spread rumors that the DPRK has biological and chemical weapons of its own design. Maybe black PR, but if there is, the DPRK uses it in a critical situation.
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Someone really wants to unleash a nuclear war in Eurasia. And for the sake of this, he will make any sacrifices ... among the population of Eurasia.
And this "someone" definitely does not live in Eurasia.

[Zoldat_A]

Quote: Shurik70

Someone really wants to unleash a nuclear war in Eurasia. And for the sake of this, he will make any sacrifices ... among the population of Eurasia.
And this "someone" definitely does not live in Eurasia.

So far, it burns well only in Ukraine.
Can you imagine what will happen if this "someone" manages to set fire to everything he wants? Everything that his dirty hands can reach?
He himself won’t grab his head, as in that old advertisement:

Yo-my!.. What have I done?...

The question will be about his survival too. Over the sea-Okiyan already, as 80 years ago, you will not sit out.

[alexoff]

They do not want to quarrel with the Russian Federation once again, they have enough of two people's republics near them. And then ours will share technologies, and geraniums will fly to Seoul and Busan, and among them every tenth with tactical nuclear weapons

[Kosh]

There, these tanks are apparently in a rather deplorable state. The South Koreans have been very actively using them in exercises for many years, as tanks of a potential enemy, so the resource of the vehicles was already heavily knocked out a few years ago. At the same time, the South Koreans, fearing dissatisfaction with the United States, stopped purchasing spare parts for them from us long ago, which caused problems with their repair, etc.

[ASM]

They are in vain. North Korea will quickly put an end to Y. And extorting money is sacred for any capitalist. And it will continue to be exactly the same.

[Fizik13]

Soon the Japanese will begin to rattle with their Faberge

[vindigo]

No matter how their war ends, it will be possible to say goodbye to the Incheon-Seoul agglomeration.