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This is a scene where North Korea fired a ballistic missile in March of last year.

The missile launch process can be divided into three major steps: launch preparation, launch, and flight.

However, if hacking or electromagnetic wave attack succeeds in the left side of the launch, before launching the missile, that is, in the launch preparation stage, the missile will be completely inoperative before launch.

In a business report today (11th), the Ministry of National Defense officially announced its intention to develop a program on the left side of this launch.



Taehoon Kim, a defense reporter, will provide details.



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In 2016 and 2017, North Korea fired eight Musudan intermediate-range missiles, but seven exploded right before or after launch.



The New York Times pointed to the US 'Left of Launch' program as the cause of this unprecedented failure.



It is said that the launch control system was disturbed with cyber attacks such as hacking during the launch preparation stage, which is the left side of the launch, causing the Musudan launch to fail.



The United States has been developing the left side of the launch program since 2013, and the Ministry of National Defense also formalized the launch of the left side of the launch program for the first time in a year-end work report to "disrupt and destroy missiles before launch."



[Lee Jong-seop/Minister of Defense: North Korea wants to develop the concept of an operation that can disrupt or destroy it before launching a missile...

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The plan is to develop means of cyber attack, such as hacking and electromagnetic waves, that can neutralize North Korea's missile launch control system, and operate them in a separate cyber-electromagnetic warfare unit under the Strategic Command.



A senior military official said, "We are also pushing ahead with the left side of the US launch program and combined exercises."



The Ministry of National Defense reported a plan to strengthen the three-axis system for North Korean missile defense, including the left side of the launch, and the ROK-US joint training, and President Yoon Seok-yeol asked to "more solidify cooperation in extended deterrence between the ROK and the US."



[Countries that relied on goodwill, unsustainable, temporary fake peace have historically been unsustainable and have all disappeared.] He



also said, "If the enemy threatens the freedom and peace of the Republic of Korea, we must be prepared to exercise the right to self-defense." He emphasized the importance of immediate response, which the South Korean military failed to show in the case of the North Korean drone invasion.



(Video coverage: Hwang In-seok, Video editing: Jung Sung-hoon, CG: Son Seung-pil)