Seoul displays largest show of
force in decades, including
ballistic missiles, as president
says it must counter North.
South Korea marked its army's
65th anniversary by holding its
largest military parade to date,
displaying long-range missiles
described as a deterrent to the
threat posed by North Korea.
In the largest show of force in
decades, the ballistic missiles
were paraded at Tuesday's event
in Seoul as the South's president,
Park Geun-hye, warned of the
"very grave" threat posed by the
North.
"We must build a strong anti-
North deterrence until the day the
North drops its nuclear arms and
makes the right choice for its
people and for peace on the
Korean peninsula," said Park.
About 11,000 troops, 190 weapons
systems and other equipment and
120 aircraft were featured in the
ceremony.
The missiles, the Hyeonmu-2 with
a range of 300km and Hyeonmu-3
with a range of more than
1,000km, were described by the
government as having "surgical
accuracy".
"It is a precision-guided weapon
that can identify and strike the
office window of the North's
command headquarters," ministry
spokesman Kim Min-seok said.
Nuclear tensions
They were first unveiled in
February after the North
conducted its third nuclear test.
That test triggered two months of
heightened tension, with
Pyongyang threatening pre-
emptive nuclear strikes on South
Korea and the United States.
That tension has since eased, but
there is concern that the North is
expanding its production of
weapons-grade nuclear material
at its Yongbyon reactor.
US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel
attended the South's parade
during a 4-day visit to underscore
his country's commitment to its
alliance with South Korea.
Hagel said there were no plans to
cut the 28,500 US troops stationed
on the heavily fortified Korean
border.
South Korea is barred by
international conventions from
developing nuclear arms but
recently reached a deal with the
US to extend the range of its
conventional missiles to better
counter the threat from the North.

Conflict everywhere. That small boy in N.K dey worry sha, lots of youthfulness.

just to calm d dummy head north koreans they are too noisey.