North Korea deploys new guns along border: report
30 Jun 2013 11:36 PM GMT
North Korea has deployed new rocket launchers along its border capable of hitting targets beyond Seoul, a report said Sunday.
Artillery units from the North were spotted replacing older multiple rocket stations with an  upgraded version of the 240mm guns, Yonhap news agency said. The agency quoted an unnamed government official as saying the new multiple rocket launchers with a maximum range of 70 kilometres could extend their reach beyond the South Korean capital.
The South’s defence ministry declined to confirm the report. North Korea has 5,100 multiple rocket launchers, according to military data. It has been eager to upgrade its mainstream multiple rocket launchers, which pose a serious  security threat to South Korea.
Residents in Seoul and neighbouring satellite cities, together home to nearly half the South’s 49 million people, have always lived under threat of attack from the North’s rockets and long-range artillery.
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