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  • S. Korea: Gov't Mulls Turning Baeknyeong into Forward Deployment Base(for landing in NK)

    11/30/2010 6:45:38 AM PST · by TigerLikesRooster · 13 replies
    Chosun Ilbo ^ | 11/30/10
    Gov't Mulls Turning Baeknyeong into Forward Deployment Base The government is looking into using Baeknyeong Island in the West Sea as a forward-deployment base supporting marines in case of an amphibious landing on North Korea's west coast. "The presidential defense committee is looking into the possibility of turning the five West Sea islands including Baeknyeong into launching platforms for marine landings on North Korea's west coast in times of conflict and stationing strategic missiles with a range of some 500 km there," a government source said Monday. If missiles with ranges of 300 km to 500 km are stationed on...