Ministry of National Defense Republic of Korea

Minister of National Defense Lee Jong-seop conducts field inspection of units under the Army Missile Strategic Command

Emphasized need to maintain an immediate response readiness posture on the spot

In the afternoon of October 20 (Thursday), National Defense Minister Lee Jong-seop visited a subordinate unit of the Army Missile Strategic Command to check the readiness posture of the ROK military and encourage the soldiers.

Minister Lee instructed them to maintain a firm readiness posture in their current operations, regardless of the circumstances, and to respond immediately with the world’s best-class ultra-precision and high-power missiles when ordered, pointing out that North Korea continues to violate UN Security Council resolutions by launching ballistic missiles, and is also clearly violating the ‘9/19 Military Agreement’ with its artillery fire within buffer zones in the East and West Seas of the Korean Peninsula.