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US general says SKorea needs to bolster missile defense Leonard Doyle The prospective commander of US troops in South Korea said in a report Friday that Seoul should develop a "systematic" missile defense system to face any attacks from the hardline communist North. "In the near term, the Republic of Korea must develop a systematic missile defense solution to protect its critical civilian and military command capabilities, critical infrastructure and population centers," said Lieutenant General Walter Sharp in a written testimony to a US Senate military panel. "South Korean military and civilian facilities are currently highly vulnerable to North Korean missile attacks," he warned in the report, released on the panel's website Friday.
(Article continues below) His testimony came as North Korea announced Thursday it was suspending all dialogue with South Korea and closing the border to Seoul officials, its toughest action in a week of growing cross-border tensions. Sharp, who is tipped to succeed General Burwell Bell also as chief of the combined US-South Korea command, said PAC-3 Patriot missile system upgrades and improved munitions had significantly enhanced US ability to protect critical American facilities in South Korea. "However, there is a significant shortage of PAC-3 missiles currently available on the peninsula to counter the North Korean missile threat," he noted.
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