By If the North Koreans are in fact preparing for another provocation it appears that the ROK Army is at least ready to respond to it out on the Yellow Sea islands:
The military has deployed new Korean-made multiple rocket launchers on northwestern islands to guard against shelling or a surprise landing by North Korea.
“We’ve recently deployed the powerful Kooryong multiple rocket launchers on Baeknyeong and Yeonpyeong islands for the first time to respond to provocations from the North,” a government source said Sunday.
Right after the North’s artillery attack on Yeonpyeong Island in November, the military temporarily deployed an American-made multiple launch rocket system on the island, but it was withdrawn in late December. [Chosun Ilbo]
You can read the rest at the link, but the Kooryong MLRS has a range of 22-36 kilometers that can easily hit targets within North Korea from the islands.
11:47 am on April 25th, 2011 1
North Korea: "We will launch full-fledged attacks against people sending propaganda leaflets over the border, and we won’t give any advance warnings… well, except for this one."
South Korea: "Have y'all seen our snazzy new Kooryong multiple rocket launchers? Here, let's move 'em closer so y'all can get a better look. Betcha can't guess the range. Oh, look! Balloons!"
11:53 am on April 25th, 2011 2
A question is: Are they accurate enough for counter battery missions against earthern and rock covered/concealed artillery?
12:47 pm on April 25th, 2011 3
Accurate enough … their MLRS. If their anything like the US versions they don't need to be accurate, they can take out an entire grid square. With MLRS you just need to be close.
2:28 pm on April 25th, 2011 4
I never thought I'd see the day where world leaders would go to war over balloons.
2:55 pm on April 25th, 2011 5
"I never thought I’d see the day where world leaders would go to war over balloons."
…and TWICE in one year!
http://jezebel.com/?_escaped_fragment_=5782046/hu…
3:53 pm on April 25th, 2011 6
I fear that news of MLRs targeted at DPRK positions will provoke North Korea all the more when MLRs gets misinterpreted as MREs.
6:30 pm on April 25th, 2011 7
kushibo 6, that's a good idea. The balloon activists could include MREs with the leaflets and money.
7:15 pm on April 25th, 2011 8
Yea Yea Yea – They have'm, but are they willing to use them?
11:32 pm on April 25th, 2011 9
NEW? MLRS. Look at the vehicle chassis in the picture. I drove one of those in the 80's…Who's going to launch it? Wiley Coyote?
1:58 pm on April 27th, 2011 10
"New" for South Korea. Honestly looks like they just took a flatbed deuce and a half, gave it a better suspension and mounted the MLRS launcher on the back. MLRS technology has been around forever, the concept of launching large volley's of rockets at a target is an old one. The "new" part has to be the fire control system, the part that aims and calculates the trajectory to hit your target.
4:34 am on November 25th, 2011 11
That’s new?
Rockets on the back of a truck?
That was new back in 1939.
7:45 am on November 25th, 2011 12
The rocket ammunition for that deceptively simple-looking MLRS is obviously not the same ones utilized in 1939 or 1980s. The Hanwha-made 130mm rockets can be guided through both GPS and INS, and have special types of warheads for specific roles.
8:09 am on November 25th, 2011 13
That answers my original question