Newsweek:
Seoul is quietly purchasing long-range and bunker-busting missiles, even as tensions with Pyongyang have eased amid ongoing diplomatic discussions on the Korean Peninsula.
South Korea’s arms procurement agency signed a contract in late February to purchase over 90 Taurus missiles, defense officials told Defense News. But the country opted not to release a statement about the new purchase in order to avoid derailing the budding negotiations with its neighbor to the north.
The Taurus missile, made in Germany, is a key part of South Korea’s line of defense against North Korea’s nuclear and missile program. The missiles are able to reach locations a little over 300 miles away, and are allegedly able to target underground facilities accurately—including North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s hideouts.
