South Korea Leader Seeks ‘Overwhelming’ Military Power Over Kim
A South Korean K-2 battle tank during a live-fire exercise at the Defense Expo Korea 2022 at a military base in Pocheon, South Korea, on Sept. 20.
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President Yoon Suk Yeol said he wants to put South Korea on a path of overwhelming military strength against North Korea and pledged to boost defenses against drones after his neighbor sent five across the border this week.
“There can be no military that does not think of and prepare for war. For us to achieve peace, we need to prepare for war with overwhelming superiority,” Yoon said Thursday in a speech at the Agency for Defense Development, where he inspected unmanned aerial vehicle systems.