The Ministry of National Defense and Joint Chiefs of Staff must move in series… Is there no security gap?

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There are some things to consider during the process of relocating the Oval Office.

As the Ministry of National Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff have to relocate right now, there are voices worrying whether there will be a security gap.

Reporter Min-Jeong Kim pointed out the points to consider in the previous process.

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The most important part of the relocation process is the national crisis response system.

The transition committee explains that there will be no gaps in the command system and its operation, as the current Defense Ministry situation room will be used as the Blue House situation room.

[Yoon Seok-yeol/President-elect: I plan to do this so that the security posture is not affected at all by completing the relocation as soon as possible and most efficiently.]

However, the Ministry of National Defense Situation Room is mainly a place where military information is gathered, so other national crises such as large-scale disasters It is necessary to carefully consider how to mount the presidential office network, which should be included until May 10, when the new government is inaugurated.

In addition, it is an issue to be prepared for the joint venture between the Ministry of National Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

A military official explained that the Defense Ministry Situation Room is connected to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, US Forces Korea, and each military, but the Joint Chiefs of Command and Control Office is a structure that receives information on the situation of land, sea, and air on the Korean Peninsula.

Therefore, in order to prepare for North Korea's new ICBM provocation and the ROK-US joint exercise expected next month, it is necessary to coordinate in advance so that there are no gaps between the Ministry of National Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The plan to move the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the Capital Defense Command in Namtaeryeong, where the war command headquarters is located, has the advantage of unifying the command in wartime and peacetime, and at the same time critics say that the chain movement of the subordinate and subordinate units is inevitable, resulting in considerable costs and confusion. .