China News Service, September 21. According to South Korea’s “Dong-A Ilbo”, as the South Korean government has accelerated the promotion of Moon Jae-in’s takeover of wartime command during the presidency, Robert Abrams, the commander of the US Army in South Korea, said The military’s ability to execute combat command rights has shown skepticism to relevant personnel in the South Korean military.

Some analysts believe that if the security situation on the Korean peninsula becomes turbulent again after the U.S. election in November, there may be another gap between South Korea and the United States around the time of the transfer of operational command.

　　A source from the South Korean government revealed on the 20th that Abrams recently stated: "Considering the training preparation situation of the South Korean army, it will be difficult next year (to hand over combat command)."

Data map: In December 2017, the U.S. B-1B bomber formation deployed at Anderson Air Force Base in Guam flew to the Korean Peninsula on the same day to participate in the annual large-scale joint Korean-US aerial exercise "Vigilant Ace" (Vigilant Ace).

　　According to the analysis, this means that Abrams believes that with the impact of the new crown epidemic, the scale of the joint military exercise between South Korea and the United States has been reduced, and the South Korean army is currently not fully prepared to take over operational command.

　　A relevant person in the South Korean military said: "Since 2020, the U.S. military has shown a negative attitude towards the capabilities of the South Korean military that has been tested and evaluated by the Future Joint Command."

　　In the South Korean-US joint military exercise that ended on August 28, due to the impact of the new crown epidemic, the strength of the US domestic reinforcements was greatly reduced. Therefore, only after the transfer of operational command authority, a rehearsal of the use of the South Korean military-led future joint command was conducted.

The second phase of the "full application capability" test originally scheduled for 2020 will also be re-run in 2021.

　　On September 11, Abrams said in a video conference hosted by the Center for Strategic International Studies of the United States about the transfer of command in wartime: "There has been a lot of progress, but to be honest, there is still a long way to go. He emphasized: "The three-stage inspection of the future joint command is only one of the various military capabilities that the command needs to possess."

　　The analysis believes that the US has a somewhat negative attitude towards the transfer of combat command in wartime, which may be to contain the recent move by the South Korean government to accelerate the takeover of combat command.

　　On the other hand, in August, South Korean President Moon Jae-in nominated Chief of Staff Xu Xu as the new Secretary of Defense. Xu Xu was sworn in on September 18.

A person from the Blue House said: "The information about this personnel adjustment is based on the transfer of combat power from the Korea-US alliance."

　　It is reported that after President Moon Jae-in took office, the South Korean government adjusted the general election promise from "transition during the term of office" to "transition in advance." However, on unofficial occasions, it has been aiming to take over the command of wartime operations in 2022 and negotiate with the United States. .

　　The report pointed out that the South Korean ruling circle also recently mentioned the possibility of the United States delaying the transfer of operational command, and advocated the need to quickly take over the operational command.