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Among these, today (10th), Minister of Defense Chung Kyung-doo unveiled for the first time the fact that he was integrating the ROK-US missile defense system. This is a matter that has been avoiding public comments because of the controversy over the US's involvement in the defense system. The Ministry of National Defense immediately

drew a line as it was just an annual training, but several interpretations are coming out with the background of that statement .

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Minister Jung Kyung-doo, who continued to say that North Korea is raising military tensions with major commanders in front of the army,

[ Chairman Jung Kyung-doo/ Defense Minister: destroying military agreements, closing inter-Korean liaison offices, blocking all inter-Korean communication lines, etc.] Blame the government... ] For the

first time, the US-ROK missile defense system training was unveiled.

[Kyung-Doo Chung / Minister of National Defense: The first half of the planned ROK-US combined air combat readiness training, combined ROK-US missile defense system training, etc. were conducted normally.] In

preparation for the North Korean missile, the Patriot missile and the Aegis ship anti-aircraft missile and our control station and Sad This is a training to integrate and link the USFK control station in operation.

The issue has been avoided because of controversy over the US missile defense network and MD.

The Ministry of National Defense repeated the MD controversy, saying it was an annual training session.

It is a dimension that emphasized the combined defense posture of the United States and Korea in a sensitive situation in which North Korea foreseeed staged hostilities.

[Sinjongwoo / Korea Defense and Security Forum responsible analyst: "There go out equipped with the ability to defend against North Korea's various missile 'seems a minister speaking in this sense -

military war potential of armed forces joint maritime fire which was again postponed in bad weather Training will be conducted tomorrow.

(Video coverage: Jaeyoung Lee, Video editing: Seungjin Lee, CG: Junho Lee)