[Report File] 'North SLBM' Unit 1 Security Meeting... Divided into interpretations due to unprecedented disclosure

▲ Security situation inspection meeting held yesterday at Air Force Unit 1

The Presidential Office announced to the media that the Security Situation Inspection Meeting was held early in the morning of yesterday (24th).

“President Yoon Seok-yeol held a security situation check meeting with his staff inside Air Force Unit 1 just before takeoff from Canada and identified signs and movements of North Korean provocations such as SLBM (submarine-launched ballistic missile).” We have ordered the immediate implementation of the countermeasures prepared in advance.”

President Yun Seok-yeol and his foreign affairs and security advisers, who were about to return home, held a meeting on the plane in an urgent manner after a report from Yongsan, Seoul, that there was some kind of movement at a submarine base in Sinpo, South Hamgyong Province, North Korea.

38 North, a North Korean media outlet, also reported that based on the satellite images, there is a trend in preparations for launching an SLBM from the Sinpo base, so it seems true that North Korea has been fiddling with the SLBM.

When urgent security issues arise, the president and his staff must meet wherever they are.

But this time it's a little odd.

Even if the South Korean military detects North Korean provocations, there is no way to notify them in advance.

For fear of exposing the level of surveillance and reconnaissance assets of the US and South Korea to the benefit of North Korea, they keep their mouths shut and only increase the intensity of surveillance and preparedness.

There is no reason for the presidential office to speak first when the military is silent.

There is no such precedent.

Nevertheless, yesterday, the presidential office made an unusual advance disclosure of North Korean SLBM trends.

There are several interpretations of this intention.

How will the military and government respond to North Korean provocations?

Our military uses various methods to monitor key facilities in North Korea.

It is like the first step in protecting the lives and property of the people, so we do not choose any means and methods.

The U.S. military's state-of-the-art reconnaissance assets are also very helpful.

North Korea's atrocious behavior is often caught by South Korean and US surveillance and reconnaissance assets.

Even if it detects a singularity, whether nuclear or missile, our military is consistent with its military command.

No matter what reporters ask during the regular briefings of the Ministry of National Defense, the JCS will go on to say, "We are closely monitoring North Korea's trends" and "South Korea and the United States are maintaining a readiness posture under close cooperation."

Whether the reporters get it right or wrong, the JCS's response does not deviate even an inch from 'keep watching', 'close cooperation between South Korea and the US', and 'maintaining readiness posture'.

If the military authorities kindly explain, North Korea can get on the train and guess the scope and capabilities of the ROK-U.S. surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities, so our military is adhering to Operation Ignorance.

The same goes for the presidential office.

You have to pretend you don't know, and that's how it has been.

While sparing your words, you raise your alertness a lot.

It is a kind of principle and a manual.

So yesterday's Unit 1 Security Situation Inspection Meeting was unusual.

The president's office said that it had an emergency meeting on the North Korean SLBM launch trend and even released a photo of the meeting.

By announcing the possibility of launching an SLBM in advance, which is the result of analyzing information obtained with various types of surveillance and reconnaissance assets from South Korea and the United States, it broke the principles the military and government have kept.

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Why was the presidential office open?

Even among the ruling party's defense experts, there was a sigh of relief.

One person pointed out that "the mainstream of the Security Line is amateurs."

Another person shakes her head, saying, "It's amazing whose head this is coming from."

This is a reaction after the assumption that the diplomatic and security line of the presidential office was not aware of the principle of non-disclosure in advance of North Korean provocations.

If you knew and disclosed it, there would be an intention.

So, "I emphasized the response to provocations in advance, fearing that the situation of the presidential office would become more dignified if North Korea fires a missile during the absence of the president returning home by private plane after a controversial trip to the diplomatic disaster." Opinions such as "taking out a security card with a .

North Korea fired a missile today (25th).

A surface-to-surface ballistic missile came out, not an SLBM, in disregard for the security situation review meeting.

But that doesn't mean we're missing out.

Yesterday, a military source told reporters, "The bustle of the Sinpo base can be a deceptive tactic," which means that he was watching multiple locations, including the ground.

The presidential office is busy with the evolution of the New York slang case, but I want you to look back on whether the advance disclosure of the North Korean provocation trend was appropriate.

Unfortunately, many people are reading the political intentions at the Air Force Unit 1 security situation check meeting yesterday.

I hope that the security issue was not used as a political expedient.