A S Korean Navy photo.
SEOUL (AFP): South Korea will spend USD 2.3 billion dollars over the next five years to secure tactical weapons targeting North Korea's nuclear weapons facilities and missile bases, a state agency said Tuesday.
The defence ministry has approved a five-year plan to spend USD 2.3 billion on buying hundreds of home-built ballistic missiles and other weapons, the Defence Acquisition and Procurement Agency said.
It needs parliamentary approval to be implemented.
In April, the South unveiled a new cruise missile dubbed "Hyunmu-3", which can travel more than 1,000 kilometres.
The military plans to increase the number of its Hyunmu-3 cruise missiles as well as the number of Hyunmu-2 ballistic missiles, which have a 300-km range.
South Korea also wants the United States to expand the range of Seoul's ballistic missiles.
The US stations 28,500 troops in South Korea, a close ally, and guarantees a nuclear "umbrella" in case of any atomic attack. In return, Seoul maintains a 300-kilometre limit on its missile capabilities.
The need to strengthen Seoul's missile capability took on new urgency after the North's latest long-range rocket launch in April.
The South believes the North has 1,000 missiles of various types, many of them targeted at Seoul or other locations in the South.
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